The Official What's For Dinner thread:Thursday 1-24-08? Recipe finder in OP. Enjoy!

[liamandcaili]

Laura I know you are so proud of Caili. She looked wonderful in the skating costume and it sounds like she did a great job. (Although being from the deep south, I don't really understand how it is judged, I know it is a difficult sport)

Don't worry, Gretchen, I have no idea how it is judged either!

Dinner tonight was easy...Becky's leftover mutter paneer that she gave me and naan. I've found my new Indian take-out food source...Becky! :laughing:

[TigerKat]

Don't worry, Gretchen, I have no idea how it is judged either!

Dinner tonight was easy...Becky's leftover mutter paneer that she gave me and naan. I've found my new Indian take-out food source...Becky! :laughing:

:lmao: :lmao:

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight we are having chicken provencal stoup and crescent rolls.

WFD at your house?

[Nancyg56]

I was searching for slow cooker recipes and look what I found http://www.recipetips.com/ They have all kinds of recipes I temporarily got lost looking and forgot why I was there. :rotfl: I had no idea there were so many meatloaf recipes. Ok back to my search

I added this one to my bookmarks. There are a lot of recipes here!

Well, it is that time again and I do have a spooky menu planned:

Breakfast: Red-eye eggs

Lunch: Worm sandwiches

Dinner: Finger sandwiches, bat wings, goblin goo
Should be fun! All are invited!!!


Thank you for the recipe. Your menus are always such fun!

I've done that so many times before.:rotfl: There are so many websites out there, I found this one on the DIS boards and it's, well let's say unique:

http://thepioneerwomancooks.com/

I enjoyed this one too, Kathy. Added it as well.



I've found my new Indian take-out food source...Becky! :laughing:

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Tonight is chicken soup and crusty bread. I was going to make beef stew but Buddy thought the guys liked the chicken soup the last time I made it, so chicken soup it is!

[liamsaunt]

Hey I am glad you liked it, Laura!

Playing catch up here are photos of Sunday's linner:

The bitter eggplant sticks:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/1802898025_3080ae8057.jpg

The roasted asparagus:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/1803742398_809addc959.jpg

The rare roast beef:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/1802898379_636104c87d.jpg

The beef gravy:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/1802897855_c54e5cd2c6.jpg

The oven roasted potatoes:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/1803742778_60cb0901dc.jpg

No pictures from last night's dinner. We ended up going out.

I think tonight is going to be pasta with broccoli but it's kind of early and things might change.

[FormrCastMbr]

Hi All!

We are having grilled filet mignon, some kind of noodles or rice from a bag and a salad.

Janice and Kathy, love those sights you posted. Thanks! :thumbsup2


Riley looks adorable!!!


Thank you!

Lauren I had to laugh at "poor" Riley and his old navy shirt.


I think I am going to run to the store today to see if they have any costumes left. Tom is the one that wants to dress him up...go figure!


Lauren Honestly girl, I tried to see from the photos what you were describing, but I have absolutely no visualization skills. I'll just have to wait to see the finished pics. The tile looks good though.


Thats cause its a mess!!! :scared1:


Lauren - Riley looks so cute!!!!!!:goodvibes


Thank you!


Alan and I really try to make the holidays special for the kids. Alan came from such a horrific childhood, and really has no memories whatsoever. He wants more for his kids. My childhood was pretty full of traditions, so we're trying to come up with a happy medium. My hope is that the kids will remember the fun family times, and forget about all the times I scream at them to do their chores, clean their rooms, etc. Hopefully it's working.

Glynis, If I did half as much as you, I'd be happy! You do a great job! :thumbsup2


I don't think I shared the pic of us from Barktoberfest a few weekends ago. Here is our family:


Aimee, sorry you had a rough day. I know all too well how it feels when a family member says mean things. My sisters have a habit of that. Just be strong and know that it is probably jealousy of some sort.

Good news about Pixie!!! Your pic is great! Thanks for sharing!



My Kady would love to see your pup dressed up...I am not going to show her because she has tried to dress the cats and that was not pretty :lmao::lmao:


:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


Dinner tonight was easy...Becky's leftover mutter paneer that she gave me and naan. I've found my new Indian take-out food source...Becky! :laughing:

Sounds good to me! ;)

[TigerKat]

The rare roast beef:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/1802898379_636104c87d.jpg


Becky - That's the way DH likes his roast beef, how did you cook it and what cut of roast did you use? He doesn't care for "fall apart" roast, the kind most people like.:confused3

Tonight I'm trying the Chicken Enchilada recipe posted by rkwells. Also making refried black beans and taco rice.

Have a great day everyone!

[nucpharm29]

Morning all! Well, we're back from our magical trip to WDW:sad1: But not too sad, really, we'll be back "home" in January! The weather for the most part was okay--just had some rain on Saturday for F&W. F&W was great, but it was really crowded, so not as much sampling as I would've liked. MNSSHP was AWESOME--one of the best times we've had at the MK! We're already trying to figure out how to do it again next year! I have some pics I'll post later--now it's time to get back to the daily grind

Oh, and WFD--probably spaghetti, b/c that's what I've got in the pantry!

[TigerKat]

Welcome back Steph, sounds like you had a great time! Now you know we need to hear about the reaction to the surprise!!!!!!!


Lauren & anyone else who's interested - Omaha steaks is having a 50% off EVERYTHING sale today only - I just spent way too much.:lmao: Here's the link:

http://www.omahasteaks.com/servlet/OnlineShopping?sssdmh=dm10.101232&DSP=255&AID=9000&ITMSUF=MJA&SRC=RW6703

[Aimeedyan]

Tonight we're having BBQ out. I have a BOGO free dinner coupon that expires Thursday. I think I'll get the usual - brisket and loaded baked potato with hot rolls. YUM.

[FormrCastMbr]

Lauren & anyone else who's interested - Omaha steaks is having a 50% off EVERYTHING sale today only - I just spent way too much.:lmao: Here's the link:

http://www.omahasteaks.com/servlet/OnlineShopping?sssdmh=dm10.101232&DSP=255&AID=9000&ITMSUF=MJA&SRC=RW6703

Thank you my friend! I will be ordering! Did you ever order the beef skewers?

[OKWMom]

Stephanie - Glad you had a good time! Did the kids get well in time for the flight? Did they feel ok during the trip?

Kathy - Thanks for the heads up on the Omaha steaks. I'll check into it this afternoon.

Tonight's dinner is a new recipe. Saucy pork chops. I haven't decided what I'm making to go with it. Probably either a corn pudding or cheesy orzo, whichever strikes my fancy tonight.

[THE HAT]

afternoon all--

I am doing a bit better, I even made it to Ross' last football game on Sunday!! I get to take my brace off for a few hours a day so that is VERY nice as well!!

I hope to start actually cooking real meals again after Halloween, with me feeling a bit better, and having a bit more use of my left hand, and then to have football done with, it should work out ok!!

Kathy--I hope you know that my heart was with you this past weekend!! You are doing so great with becoming a non smoker!!! I am proud of you my friend!!

Stephanie--glad you had a fun trip, when you get a moment, give us your highlights of it all!!

Lauren--I love your tile, it is beautiful!! I love picking out tile...I have piles of it for our upstairs bath remodel, that has been sitting there for 3 years as Kris is always doing everyone else's jobs, lol...such is life!

Glynis--I love your themed meal..I usually do a special themed snack in Ross class, but this year I will have to skip it, I will do a special holiday one before we leave for WDW instead.

Nancy--How is the knee doing?

It is a beautiful fall day here in Maine..sunny, 53 and we have our #1 Sox to boot!!! Ross is wearing a different Sox shirt every day this week...On Monday he wore all Sox gear from his hat, to his watch, to his own socks,lol!!


Tonight is Ross' halloween class for Karate..they dress up and do some different things. Supper will be sandwiches and veggies and dip.

Hope everyone has had a good day!

[TigerKat]

Thank you my friend! I will be ordering! Did you ever order the beef skewers?

I sure did, that was on my last order. I haven't tried them yet.




Tonight's dinner is a new recipe. Saucy pork chops. I haven't decided what I'm making to go with it. Probably either a corn pudding or cheesy orzo, whichever strikes my fancy tonight.

If it turns out good would you post it please?


Kathy--I hope you know that my heart was with you this past weekend!! You are doing so great with becoming a non smoker!!! I am proud of you my friend!!


Thank you so much Wendie!! It sure is good to have you back.:hug: I'm two weeks smoke-free!!!!:cool1:

[Glynis]

Thank you so much Wendie!! It sure is good to have you back.:hug: I'm two weeks smoke-free!!!!:cool1:

Hooray for 2 smoke free weeks!!! You are one strong lady! Keep it up and know how proud I am of you!!!

[Glynis]

Dinner tonight will be bow tie pasta in a cream sauce with chicken and broccoli. I hope it's good. The recipe sounded good. Cross your fingers!!!

It's taken me a while to get on today, as I've had to deal with Halloween crap! Leslie ripped her Snow White costume at a party last weekend, so I had to fix that. I also had to figure out how to make a size 7 stuffed dragon costume fit a size 4 little girl. Last, but not least, I had to make a Sacagawea costume for Katie's wax museum tomorrow. Got it all done, but the fringe. I'll do that as soon as Katie gets home and kicks me off the computer.

Stephanie - It's good to see you back. I want to hear all about the surprise!

Lauren - What costume did you end up with? There were tons of adult size costumes left at Walmart when I went this morning.

[TheBeadPirate]

Hey all! I'm back from WDW also but Rick's got me working on data so much this it the first chance I've had to get on. I worked on time tickets yesterday at home and stayed in my jammies all day! Didn't even realize it till it was time to collapse!:lmao: So i finished those and emailed them to him and already had a file waiting for me to transcribe. I need to catch up at the store too but here I am!:rotfl2:

We had a fun time at F&WF! The Village People were a scream! We sat in the front row and the Indian came over after the show and grabbed my hand and called me Baby Girl! (insert swoon here) Let me tell ya, I haven't been a baby girl in a loooonnnnnngggg time! :rotfl: But I had fun singing along and I think Rick was suprised that I knew all the words (my secret fetish- disco). Could only have been better if it was longer and followed by the BeeGees, but sadly that's not to be!:rolleyes1

Party for the Senses was great! The food was amazing! Details to follow when I have the program in hand and can remember everything. My "old-timers" is setting in!

And let me tell you- Sheryl is the same in person as she is online! We had a great time. I still haven't unpacked but when I do I'll get some pics on here.

WFD tonight? Ground turkey something with something on the side and water (with a little Diet Coke thrown in for dessert). Trying to drink more water is getting to me....but I made it through Disney drinking more water than Coke...but that paled in comparison to the wine and beer.:cool2: :rolleyes:

[HERSEY]

Wendie glad your starting to feel better. I hope Ross has fun at his halloween party.

Kathy :woohoo: for your continued success being smoke free.

Alex and his homework are driving me crazy. He has to find items in our house from different countries He wanted to know where the dogs came from:rotfl2: :rolleyes1

We are having grilled brats and some kind of side that I still have to decide on.

[TigerKat]

Hooray for 2 smoke free weeks!!! You are one strong lady! Keep it up and know how proud I am of you!!!


Kathy :woohoo: for your continued success being smoke free.



Thanks so much my friends.:hug:

We have a winner....... the Chicken Enchilada recipe posted by Gina (rkwells) was a HUGE hit. Awesome and "EASY"!!!!!!!!! Just because we tend to like things a little spicy I added about 1/4 c. hot green taco sauce. YUMMO!!

[liamandcaili]

Welcome back Stephanie and Lori!

I spent all day sewing Caili's Halloween costume (my Dad said that if there was an opposite for the Latin Semper Paratus -- always prepared -- it would be Semper Lauras) so dinner tonight was pasta with jarred pasta sauce and spinach. It was all I could manage in 15 minutes.

[Nancyg56]

Welcome back Stephanie and Lori!

I spent all day sewing Caili's Halloween costume (my Dad said that if there was an opposite for the Latin Semper Paratus -- always prepared -- it would be Semper Lauras) so dinner tonight was pasta with jarred pasta sauce and spinach. It was all I could manage in 15 minutes.


OMG, I just stopped in and caught this :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:Semper Lauras :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:


How on Earth does everyone keep up? I think I have serious time management issues now that I am home :confused3 because I can't manage as much as when I was working full time???????

Tonight we are having a pasta casserole with ground turkey. I can't remember if I posted the recipe, it sounds terrible but tastes very good and holds well. We tend to have drop in visitors on Halloween night so I need food that can be reheated and still be good. Kady cannot have it but she is not going to eat much tonight so Marisa can fix her something.

We are also having some vegan no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies and Roly Poly Buggy Balls. I am going make a chocolate pumpkin cake if I can squeeze it in.

Laura I found a vegan website that has some interesting recipes that kids will enjoy. I don't have to make my own subs so maybe Kady will like them better than the ones I have tried so far.

Every one have a safe a and spooky Halloween!!!!!

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight we are having leftover chicken provencal stoup.

WFD at your house?

[FormrCastMbr]

spaghetti meatballs and sausage...salad too.

Will be back later to follow up with everyone...off to the bus!

Have a Happy Halloween!

[THE HAT]

Boo all--

Ross won 3rd place in the costume contest last night at his dojo!!

I have P/T this morning, then Ross wants to go back up to school this afternoon for the book fair. We will have a ton of kids here this evening as we are the gathering point for trick or treating in the neighborhood. Kris is bringing home longhorns for supper with some extra kids meals added on, as we are bound to get some early "hangerouters" who didn't eat, lol.

Have a happy and safe halloween!!!!!

[TigerKat]

Happy Halloween everyone!!

Shrimp stew out of the freezer for us and I'll make a salad.

[OKWMom]

If it turns out good would you post it please?

Thank you so much Wendie!! It sure is good to have you back.:hug: I'm two weeks smoke-free!!!!:cool1:

Congrats on the two week mark. I look forward to celebrating with you in person. By then you will be what, 5 weeks? :thumbsup2 I didn't make the pork chops last night because the ones I took out of the freezer didn't look too good. I plan on the making the chops maybe Friday night. I'll remember to post the recipe if they are any good.


We had a fun time at F&WF! The Village People were a scream! We sat in the front row and the Indian came over after the show and grabbed my hand and called me Baby Girl! (insert swoon here) Let me tell ya, I haven't been a baby girl in a loooonnnnnngggg time! :rotfl: But I had fun singing along and I think Rick was suprised that I knew all the words (my secret fetish- disco). Could only have been better if it was longer and followed by the BeeGees, but sadly that's not to be!:rolleyes1

Party for the Senses was great! The food was amazing! Details to follow when I have the program in hand and can remember everything. My "old-timers" is setting in!


I'm so glad you had a great time! I can't wait to hear some of the details. :goodvibes



:rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[QUOTE=liamandcaili;21550415]I spent all day sewing Caili's Halloween costume (my Dad said that if there was an opposite for the Latin Semper Paratus -- always prepared -- it would be Semper Lauras) so dinner tonight was pasta with jarred pasta sauce and spinach. It was all I could manage in 15 minutes.

Laura I almost sprayed my keyboard with Diet Coke reading this. :lmao: :lmao: Thanks for the morning laugh. And for the record - I'm AMAZED at what you get done each day. Especially since you are by yourself most of the time. I don't know if I would have the patience or the stamina.

How on Earth does everyone keep up? I think I have serious time management issues now that I am home :confused3 because I can't manage as much as when I was working full time???????


It's quite simple really - I DIS at work (shhhhh, don't tell the boss). I'd much rather be DISing than working. I usually can fit 15 minutes here or there, but on busy days at work I get lost here.



Ross won 3rd place in the costume contest last night at his dojo!!

I have P/T this morning, then Ross wants to go back up to school this afternoon for the book fair. We will have a ton of kids here this evening as we are the gathering point for trick or treating in the neighborhood. Kris is bringing home longhorns for supper with some extra kids meals added on, as we are bound to get some early "hangerouters" who didn't eat, lol.

Have a happy and safe halloween!!!!!

:banana: :banana: Congrats to Ross! And Wendie, it is so good to have you back.



Will be back later to follow up with everyone...off to the bus!

Have a Happy Halloween!

Lauren, are you not out of your mind excited about your trip?!? I didn't realize how close it was until I noticed your ticker this morning.

Last night's dinner did not go exactly as planned. We ended up having cube steak in milk gravy, mashed potatoes and field peas. I've haven't ever fixed this before because Kenny said he wasn't wild about it, but it was a request from one of the kids. Anyway, about halfway through, Kenny said it was the best he had ever eaten and wanted to know how I got the meat so tender.

It seems that his memory of this meal is the way his mom made it - meat cooked to a hard, tough patty with gravy spooned on top. :sick:

Tonight's dinner, barring any more defrosting mishaps, is going to be a baked mexican chicken (except I called it spanish chicken - trying to fool Kenny who says he doesn't like mexican). It is a new recipe and I hope it turns out well.

Happy Halloween everyone!

[Glynis]

Happy Halloween, everyone! I just got the kids out the door, all decked out in their costumes. Katie as Sacagawea, Jacob as Capt. Jack, Leslie as Snow White (except a last minute rip had us digging through the costume box, and a quick substitution as a glamorous witch), and Mary as a dragon. I'll post pictures later.

The kids decided they didn't want my bat wings for dinner, so we're going to have "finger" sandwiches with "blood" soup. At least they'll have something hot to eat before trick or treating. We'll probably eat early, around 5:00, since they want to go out early.

[FormrCastMbr]

Welcome back Stephanie and Lori! Please let me know if there is anything that I should not miss. I already have a list of the foods I would like to try.


I am doing a bit better, I even made it to Ross' last football game on Sunday!! I get to take my brace off for a few hours a day so that is VERY nice as well!!

Lauren--I love your tile, it is beautiful!!


Wendie, so glad you are feeling better. :thumbsup2 It looks like I may have to pick tile for my upstairs bath. Some of the tiles are loose and now the shower head broke. :sad2:


I'm two weeks smoke-free!!!!:cool1:

So proud of you my friend!


It's taken me a while to get on today, as I've had to deal with Halloween crap!

Lauren - What costume did you end up with? There were tons of adult size costumes left at Walmart when I went this morning.

Glynis, you are like wonder woman. I can't keep up here and I only have 1 child.

I was actually looking for Riley the dog but I didn't find anything. I will be wearing my pumpkin hat and halloween t shirt.


Party for the Senses was great! The food was amazing! Details to follow when I have the program in hand and can remember everything. My "old-timers" is setting in!


Oh please tell me about your trip before I leave on Sat!!!


Alex and his homework are driving me crazy. He has to find items in our house from different countries He wanted to know where the dogs came from:rotfl2: :rolleyes1

We are having grilled brats and some kind of side that I still have to decide on.

:rotfl: Brats are German, no? ;)


I spent all day sewing Caili's Halloween costume (my Dad said that if there was an opposite for the Latin Semper Paratus -- always prepared -- it would be Semper Lauras)

:lmao: Love it!


How on Earth does everyone keep up? I think I have serious time management issues now that I am home :confused3 because I can't manage as much as when I was working full time???????


I hear ya. I clean and clean and its a mess again in one day. Then I get lost here too and can't keep up.


Ross won 3rd place in the costume contest last night at his dojo!!


Yeah Ross! What did he dress as?


Lauren, are you not out of your mind excited about your trip?!? I didn't realize how close it was until I noticed your ticker this morning.


I actually do not think it hit me yet. I am trying to get done around here before we go so I am a little stressed. I want to make sure the house is decent since the pet sitter will be here for the cats and fish. Riley will go to the kennel. I am sure the sitter will be shocked to see the mess down stairs. :scared1:

[shovan]

Hey Y'all,

Sorry I'm having a tough time checking in, with the remodeling going on I'm a bit crazed!

Lori, I was wondering where you were! I was hoping that maybe you & Rick extended your fooding & wining a couple of days! But no such luck, uh? ;)
I don't know if being the same here & in real life is a good thing or not, but what you read & see is what you get! :lmao: We had a blast meeting y'all, I just wish I could have seen the Village People with ya! Sounds too cool!

I have to go back to the tile place today with Bob & Mario. The travertine is running darker than usual & the accent tiles didn't blend well, so we have to try to find something & I'm NOT going to blow the budget all by my self!

I've got to get to the grocery & fix two pots of chili (one w/beans) & hot dogs for trick or treating tonight. And try to keep Alexis from putting on her costume as soon as she comes home from school!

Y'all have a great Halloween!

Sheryl

[Aimeedyan]

My plan is to make chipotle chicken soft tacos but after the halloween party tonight at church, I may not feel up to eating much dinner and pick up something small for DH on my way home.

I get to go to Target later and buy junk to chow down on with the kids!

[TigerKat]

Ross won 3rd place in the costume contest last night at his dojo!!


Way to go Ross!!!http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i300/TigerKat_2006/111425eb.gif

Congrats on the two week mark. I look forward to celebrating with you in person. By then you will be what, 5 weeks? :thumbsup2


Hey, we need to set a date, place & time girl!!!! PM me!!


Lauren - I'm getting so excited for you, are your guys getting excited?

[Nancyg56]

Wendie- Congrats to Ross! I'm happy to hear that you are on the mend, make sure that you do not overdo though.

Glynis- What a day already! I can't figure out how Halloween became so much work but I know that I am already tired :rotfl:Can't wait to see pics of the kiddies.

Lauren- I did not realize that you were so close! You have got to be excited!!!!!!!!

Sheryl- I almost did not survive one renovation, I know I would not make it through two! It is going to be so worth it when you are finished though.



I have got the cookies done for Kady but I am not sure if I like them. I think I have got to get used to soy milk before I can tell how things taste. The chocolate pumpkin cake seems to have come out okay. I did follow the recipe, although it is very hard for me, and hope that the little dip in the middle is supposed to be there :lmao:. I am so not a baker unless I start with a box. You cannot screw them up!

I was parent helper in Kady's class today and enjoyed their mask parade but I am a little sad that I am not there for their party. Oh well, back to the kitchen.

[liamsaunt]

Happy Halloween everybody!

No photos again last night. I got caught up in a crush at the commuter train because of the Red Sox parade, and so didn't get home until about 8. I made the egg dish that you've already seen, some sliced tomatoes, and some crusty bread, and called it dinner. My DH went to the parade and got some cool pictures though, so that was nice.

Tonight I am making coconut-crusted shrimp with a spicy mango-mustard dipping sauce, pigeon peas and rice, caribbean cole slaw, and cinnamon-cardamom mashed sweet potatoes.

Kathy, I saw you asked about the beef roast, but I did not actually cook that meal--my Mom did. Laura makes roast beef sometimes so maybe she can give some advice.

[TigerKat]

Kathy, I saw you asked about the beef roast, but I did not actually cook that meal--my Mom did. Laura makes roast beef sometimes so maybe she can give some advice.

Laura, can you help? My DH likes the "fall apart roast",but he would love one cooked med rare and sliced. Any tips on cooking method and cut of roast would be great!

[Nancyg56]

Laura, can you help? My DH likes the "fall apart roast",but he would love one cooked med rare and sliced. Any tips on cooking method and cut of roast would be great!

I also would love the advice. I have not cooked a roast beef in years, although I used to cook them often. I think I used a spoon roast but it has been so long I really don't remember.

[Aimeedyan]

I ended up with Wendy's. $4 to feed us both, can't beat that.

Laura - do you have a recipe for the shrimp?

[liamandcaili]

OMG, I just stopped in and caught this :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:Semper Lauras :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
Laura I found a vegan website that has some interesting recipes that kids will enjoy. I don't have to make my own subs so maybe Kady will like them better than the ones I have tried so far.

Glad you liked my dad's joke. It does describe me very well sometimes.

Please send me the link to the website too!

Laura, can you help? My DH likes the "fall apart roast",but he would love one cooked med rare and sliced. Any tips on cooking method and cut of roast would be great!

I will definitely help. I just have to find my roast chart...give me a day.

Laura - do you have a recipe for the shrimp?

It's Becky you want. I don't make shrimp, due to Liam's allergy.

In typical Semper Lauras fashion, I had no dinner materials in the house tonight, so I decided to order out pizza after Caili was done skating. This was a bad idea, since apparently, everyone else in my town decided to order pizza at the same time. I got my order 70 minutes after I ordered it. They said it would be ready in 30. Grr. However, my dad had the foresight to take the kids out, so they ate when they were tired of trick-or-treating. The only problem was that I only got one, pretty bad, picture of them tonight. I will take a better picture in the next couple of days and post it. Liam was a skeleton and Caili was a bunny.

Happy Halloween!

[LindsayDunn228]

Tonight we are going to my grandmother's house for dinner.

WFD at your house?

ETA: I'm so excited, you guys. I am going to go make some homemade granola for our trip here in a few minutes. It's really starting to feeling like vacation time in our house!!!!! Here's the recipe if anyone wants it. It's quick, easy, and delish!!

Oven-roasted Maple GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts)
3/4 cup maple syrup
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilla bean, split
1 cup oats
1 cup peeled hazelnuts ***Don't feel like you have to use the nuts suggested in this recipe. As long as you have 3 cups of nuts, you are fine. Most of the time I just use a "deluxe mix," it has everything in it.***
2 cups whole natural almonds
1/2 cup golden raisins, a couple of handfuls
1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries, (recommended: Craisins brand) a couple of handfuls
1/2 cup shelled pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds
1 cup chocolate and candy coated peanuts (recommended: Peanut M&Ms)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Place maple syrup on the stove with cinnamon and vanilla over medium low heat to infuse the flavor. Warm syrup a couple of minutes, remove.

Combine oats, hazelnuts, almonds, raisins, cranberries and seeds in a bowl. Toss with maple syrup and remove the cinnamon stick and vanilla bean. Spread the maple coated mixture out on a cookie sheet and roast 15 minutes. Remove the nuts from oven and transfer to another cold pan, tossing the mix to quick-cool it. Once cool, toss with peanut candy and eat or pack up for a hike!

[FormrCastMbr]

ETA: I'm so excited, you guys. I am going to go make some homemade granola for our trip here in a few minutes.



This sounds yummy! I cannot believe you are making this now...I get nauseous (sp) just thinking of getting packed and out of the house in time for my 7:50 am flight! Yes, right now I am sitting here ready to puke from my nerves. :scared1:

I am not sure WFD...I have alot of last minute stuff to do today: nails, walmart, library, get hair done for me and A...we may have beef barley soup and grilled cheese or maybe chinese. Tom is not feeling well so he may be home today (nasal infection). Good thing is: he got some motion sickness meds from the dr too so I'll be dragging him on all the rides again! :thumbsup2

Have a great day all!

[TigerKat]

Lindsay & Lauren,

:yay: :dance3: Getting excited for y'all!!!!!

WFD - Roast in the crockpot now, sides will be noodles and broccoli!

[FormrCastMbr]

Hi ALl!

I just recd an email with cookie recipes...probably close to 100. If you are interested in this, PM me your email address and I will send it to you...:)

[OKWMom]

Lindsay I'm sorry I didn't notice your ticker either! I guess I need to start paying closer attention. I hope you and your husband have a wonderful time. We will expect a full food report upon your return so be prepared. ;)

Tonight's dinner is the beef stew from the recipe Kathy linked to at allrecipes. It is in the crock pot now and Kenny and the kids will have that tonight. I am going with my sister and one of Kenny's sisters to a local mexican restaurant for our annual Thanksgiving planning session. This will be our third year of the combined family Thanksgiving and because I have saved the prior years' menus along with our notes and post-turkey day thoughts we could probably plan this in 10 minutes over the phone. But where would the fun in that be? :rotfl: This way we get a night out, a couple of margaritas, and a great time together. :woohoo:

I hope everyone has a great day!

Gretchen

[Nancyg56]

Holy Mackerel! Two of you are leaving this week????? I also am going to staet checking tickers.

Kady is home sick today and I am feeling lazy like the weather so I think we will have leftover casserole from last night.

[TigerKat]

I am going with my sister and one of Kenny's sisters to a local mexican restaurant for our annual Thanksgiving planning session. This will be our third year of the combined family Thanksgiving and because I have saved the prior years' menus along with our notes and post-turkey day thoughts we could probably plan this in 10 minutes over the phone. But where would the fun in that be? :rotfl: This way we get a night out, a couple of margaritas, and a great time together. :woohoo:

I hope everyone has a great day!

Gretchen

Now that's just plain smart!!!:thumbsup2

[shovan]

This sounds yummy! I cannot believe you are making this now...I get nauseous (sp) just thinking of getting packed and out of the house in time for my 7:50 am flight! Yes, right now I am sitting here ready to puke from my nerves. :scared1:

I am not sure WFD...I have alot of last minute stuff to do today: nails, walmart, library, get hair done for me and A...we may have beef barley soup and grilled cheese or maybe chinese. Tom is not feeling well so he may be home today (nasal infection). Good thing is: he got some motion sickness meds from the dr too so I'll be dragging him on all the rides again! :thumbsup2

Have a great day all!

Lauren, You know you are I are so much alike it's scary! ;) I know exactly how you are feeling right now!!! :hug: But in just a few days you will be partying big time!!!

You asked for more F&W info, I hope you have time to read this before you take off!
I didn't take pictures of much at the F&W booths, sorry. But everything was delicious, (except the Argentinian beef with chimichurri sauce. Which was fabulous last year, but this year was like a slab of pot roast sitting on mashed potatoes with a pool of oil surrounding it, yuck!) But really other than that it was all wonderful, the really yummy ones that stick out was Argentina's Empanada, Germany's Spaetzle with mushroom ragout & the Kabinett Reisling, followed by the Apple Strudel with vanilla sauce with the Reisling Spatlese!!! One of the best dry but fruity red wine's I've ever tasted was available at Spain's booth, Abadia Retuerta Seleccion Especial. I have to see if I can get it here! We were served it at both the Coral Reef Pairing & the Morroccan Pairing with beef dishes.

Here's a pic of Bob & I at the Coral Reef Pairing which was wonderful! Don't we look relaxed & happy!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/Food%20and%20Wine%202007/100_1840.jpg

Oh, my fav new drink though was the Italian Margarita from the Italy booth (the regular one not the F&W one). It has limoncello & grappa in it, Lori called it Lemon Freon!:lmao: But I thought it was wonderful ( & it didn't make me TOO loopy!) :goodvibes

[liamsaunt]

Here's a photo of last night's dinner. It was yummy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/1813776974_9cb80af429.jpg

Tonight DH is taking a client to dinner, so I am going to make my favorite home alone dinner--it's just sauteed mushrooms and shallots on a baguette with a sauce of white wine, gruyere cheese, and dijon mustard.

[TheBeadPirate]

Oh, my fav new drink though was the Italian Margarita from the Italy booth (the regular one not the F&W one). It has limoncello & grappa in it, Lori called it Lemon Freon!:lmao: But I thought it was wonderful ( & it didn't make me TOO loopy!) :goodvibes

Are you sure you want to stick with that statement?!?;) :rotfl2: HO LEE COW! That stuff was strong! If it wasn't frozen I bet you could set it on fire! However if I wasn't swilling wine and beer the whole time it would've been good!:rotfl:

And a heads up for the Rosa fans- The line at the Italy store is generally pretty long. Don't know how our secret got out;) but it did. But, I did a little recon work and have a couple of woohoo's! The Festival Center is at the Life pavillion- they have it at the wine bar there for $6.75ish- no line at all! And at Eat to the Beat off to the left side is a bar. I think everyone can get to it(it's over by where they let in the Party for the Senses people)- Rosa is $6 a glass, also almost no line.

As far as booths- We loved the Chilaqulies from Mexico the most. The butternut squash soup from India was good again but the samosa with tamarind sauce set my mouth on fire! My lips were numb- but if you like that it was pretty good. And my favorite white wine is at India too- SULA it's a chenin blanc. Very crisp and clean.

The lamb chop from Australia was good, but smaller than last year and more expensive I think. And I thought the cheddar soup was better last year. Rick loves the Plum Wine and green tea cooler from China(make sure to squeeze the lime in it) but alot of us thought it was too sweet (hence the lime!). The Sam Adams Festival beer tastes like Bass Ale(yummmmmmm) so we had that plenty o'times. And do the Australian Wine Walkabout! It was $7 (I think) for 4 tastes (1 oz or so). There were 12 wines to choose from. So, of course we paid for 3 cards so we could taste all 12!:scared1: :lmao: We didn't want to slight anyone!:rotfl2:

I'm sure there's more, but I still haven't unpacked all that yet.

[shovan]

Becky, You've outdone yourself again! Wow does that look great!:cool1: And you're dinner tonight sounds delish too!

Lindsay, Have a great trip! You sound like you are all ready to go! :goodvibes

I thought BeadPirate or Zipuzee posted a pic of us Nola girls in WDW, but I just scanned back & didn't see it, so here we are!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/Food%20and%20Wine%202007/100_1861.jpg

From left, Me, BeadPirate-Lori, IloveJack02-Jenny & her little boy Jack, Zipuzee-Lauri

We had such a great time together, fooding & boozing!!!party:

[TheBeadPirate]

I thought BeadPirate or Zipuzee posted a pic of us Nola girls in WDW, but I just scanned back & didn't see it, so here we are!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/Food%20and%20Wine%202007/100_1861.jpg

From left, Me, BeadPirate-Lori, IloveJack02-Jenny & her little boy Jack, Zipuzee-Lauri

We had such a great time together, fooding & boozing!!!party:


See all those faces? Imagine the look when they stop dead and turn red in astonishment when walking up to Italy to get Rosa I stop and make this statement

" Oh crap, I forgot the Magic Shell!":rolleyes1

:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao:

I almost wet myself!:cool2:

[TheBeadPirate]

And this is what I'm making when I get home tonight (after buying half price Halloween candy). It's from Rachel Ray magazine. And it's Kathy Easy and yummy!

Chocolate Banana Bread Puddings
Makes 12 Puddings

1 tsp unsalted butter
2 TBsp brown sugar
3 bananas, sliced 1/3 inch thick
1 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
10 slices of white bread, lightly toasted
6 1.55oz milk chocolate bars, broken into small pieces

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
2. In a nonstick skillet, melt the butter with the brown sugar over moderately high heat. Add the banana slices and cook, turning once, until carmelized, about 3 minutes. The bananas should be softened and sticky. Remove from heat and let cool.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla.
4. Stack the toasted bread, slice off the crusts and cut the bread into 4 triangles.
5. Add the bread to the custard and let soak until the custard is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Stir in the cooled caramelized bananas and the chocolate.
6. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin cups(they'll be full). Bake the puddings until puffy and golden, about 25 minutes.

[shovan]

Are you sure you want to stick with that statement?!?;) :rotfl2: HO LEE COW! That stuff was strong! If it wasn't frozen I bet you could set it on fire! However if I wasn't swilling wine and beer the whole time it would've been good!:rotfl:

As far as booths- We loved the Chilaqulies from Mexico the most. The butternut squash soup from India was good again but the samosa with tamarind sauce set my mouth on fire! My lips were numb- but if you like that it was pretty good. And my favorite white wine is at India too- SULA it's a chenin blanc. Very crisp and clean.

The lamb chop from Australia was good, but smaller than last year and more expensive I think. And I thought the cheddar soup was better last year. Rick loves the Plum Wine and green tea cooler from China(make sure to squeeze the lime in it) but alot of us thought it was too sweet (hence the lime!). The Sam Adams Festival beer tastes like Bass Ale(yummmmmmm) so we had that plenty o'times. And do the Australian Wine Walkabout! It was $7 (I think) for 4 tastes (1 oz or so). There were 12 wines to choose from. So, of course we paid for 3 cards so we could taste all 12!:scared1: :lmao: We didn't want to slight anyone!:rotfl2:

I'm sure there's more, but I still haven't unpacked all that yet.

Yes, I will stick with my statement! Since I was able to make it all the around to the Pub to try your "Rich Man's Black Velvet" Guinness & Champagne, I was not loopy at all! You know what, I think I made up for everything I drank with the amount of food I also consumed! I didn't even get a headache or an upset stomach from it all! :goodvibes

And oh yeah I forgot about the Samosa's & the butternut squash soup! More of my favorites! The lamb chop was very good but smaller & the Cheddar cheese soup was even better this year. Oh and the chilled leek soup from Ireland was surprisingly very good!

[TheBeadPirate]

Yes, I will stick with my statement! Since I was able to make it all the around to the Pub to try your "Rich Man's Black Velvet" Guinness & Champagne, I was not loopy at all! You know what, I think I made up for everything I drank with the amount of food I also consumed! I didn't even get a headache or an upset stomach from it all! :goodvibes

And oh yeah I forgot about the Samosa's & the butternut squash soup! More of my favorites! The lamb chop was very good but smaller & the Cheddar cheese soup was even better this year. Oh and the chilled leek soup from Ireland was surprisingly very good!

:lmao: I figured if there were any IBS problems you would have called so I could suffer with you!:rotfl: I did fine with all the booths but Party for the Senses sent me for the Pepto. All the flavors and textures sent heartburn into overdrive. Not to mention the Utopia and Remy Martin VSOP. I was kind of (kind of , mind you) disappointed at PFTS because it was Tattinger instead of Vive Qlicqot. But I got over it. My favorite there was Andrew Selz with his smoked diver scallop. I might have went back there repeatedly.:rolleyes1 Like enough that I'm suprised they didn't just say... you again?!? here take the whole tray of them!:woohoo: :rotfl2:

[shovan]

:lmao: I figured if there were any IBS problems you would have called so I could suffer with you!:rotfl: I did fine with all the booths but Party for the Senses sent me for the Pepto. All the flavors and textures sent heartburn into overdrive. Not to mention the Utopia and Remy Martin VSOP. I was kind of (kind of , mind you) disappointed at PFTS because it was Tattinger instead of Vive Qlicqot. But I got over it. My favorite there was Andrew Selz with his smoked diver scallop. I might have went back there repeatedly.:rolleyes1 Like enough that I'm suprised they didn't just say... you again?!? here take the whole tray of them!:woohoo: :rotfl2:

I've said it before but all of my "regular" issues like IBS & sinus problems seem to disappear while in the World! I think I only had one day that my stomach was a little off, which is amazing considering everything I ate day in & day out! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the Party, we sat with Brenda-oybolshoi, & she & I were rather depressed over the Sparkling offerings also. But we found ways to cope too! Andrew Selz wasn't at our party, but we did catch his Culinary Demo at Odyssey, he prepared & served the most wonderful cedar plank stuffed chicken breast with a truffle polenta! It was TDF & he went and told us he was going to be serving the scallop for the upcoming Party, so I was already jealous of you! Did you get to do any of those demos, I really enjoyed those!

Lindsay & Lauren, if you can try to check those out, but get there early they fill up quickly especially on the weekends. Also the free wine seminars & welcome center is "up front" in the Wonders of Life bldg. & the Sam Adams tasting off to the side of the American Pavillion are all good!

[FormrCastMbr]

Oh boy, I gotta come back soon and read...love the pics SHeryl! Did you see my bathroom a few back...a mess!

I will come back later...had to get my DIS fix in b4 A gets home. Just had a fight with the stupid people at the pharmacy...they didnt want to give me my thyroid meds since its too soon. HELLO, I gave you my revised script a couple weeks ago and I am going to DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, my pressure was high...THEN, I went to get my tuna fix at the sub shop and left the damn pills there!

OK, I need me some Rosa. Guess I'll go chill a bottle. Then I guess I'll hit A's halloween candy.

Lori and Sheryl, thanks I will be back later to read....:)

[TigerKat]

Yes, my pressure was high...THEN, I went to get my tuna fix at the sub shop and left the damn pills there!

OK, I need me some Rosa. Guess I'll go chill a bottle. Then I guess I'll hit A's halloween candy.


You deserve it, my friend!:hug:

[shovan]

Oh boy, I gotta come back soon and read...love the pics SHeryl! Did you see my bathroom a few back...a mess!

I will come back later...had to get my DIS fix in b4 A gets home. Just had a fight with the stupid people at the pharmacy...they didnt want to give me my thyroid meds since its too soon. HELLO, I gave you my revised script a couple weeks ago and I am going to DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, my pressure was high...THEN, I went to get my tuna fix at the sub shop and left the damn pills there!

OK, I need me some Rosa. Guess I'll go chill a bottle. Then I guess I'll hit A's halloween candy.

Lori and Sheryl, thanks I will be back later to read....:)

Lauren, Here's pics of the Sam Adams tasting & a wine tasting to get you ready for your trip! These are both freebies!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/Food%20and%20Wine%202007/100_1686.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/Food%20and%20Wine%202007/100_1719.jpg

[Mermaid02]

After 2 nights of "grab and go" type meals.... we are having meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes, and green beans almondine tonight. I'm going to make the meatloaf in muffin tins so that they are all portioned out.... portion size is my downfall (one of them anyway :thumbsup2 ) I do however REFUSE to serve my mashed potato with an ice cream scoop... brings back some bad childhood memories..

[Zandy595]

Hi all. I haven't been cooking (or shopping) lately so I haven't had anything to post. Tuesday DS had a school project that he needed help with so we ordered pizza and wings. Last night I found out at the last minute that DS invited a friend to go TorTing with him and his whole family kind of invited themselves to our house too. So I had to clean, instead of make dinner. DH and DS had leftover teriyaki chicken and I had Halloween candy. :rolleyes:

Tonight we're not doing much better - grilled smoked sausage, boxed mac & cheese, and canned corn.

[THE HAT]

Hello all

Sheryl--I love the picture of you and Bob..you both looked so relaxed and refreshed...what a beautiful couple you are!!
I also love the pic of the Nola girls as well.....Love the boas!!

Lori--My friend we have the same sense of humor I swear, lol....I LOVE your magic shell comment!! It reminds me of when I yelled across the busy grocery store if Ross wanted more of the princess cereal, hehehe.
I showed Ross the picture of you with the nola ladies, and he is very impressed that you just went, and then will be back in Dec. as well....just one more thing to add to the height of the pedestal he has you on, lol!

Nancy--How is Kady feeling? I send her big hugs, poor thing.

Lauren--What a day...as Kathy said, you deserve your Rosa for sure!! How is Tom feeling?

I spent the morning out shopping with mil (lucky me, ugh, what hell that was) to get a shower gift for Kris' cousin's baby shower this weekend. Sat morning we have a karate tournament, then the shower in the evening, and once the shower ends, we are heading down to freeport to llbean to get Ross winter clothes and such, we will have to stop and pick up a few groceries as well on the way back through too. I will be looking forward to Sunday for sure!!

Dinner tonight is up in the air...I will eat my longhorn leftovers, and the "boys" are on their own. Ross will prob have eggs and toast after karate, and Kris will eat cereal I imagine.

[TigerKat]

I spent the morning out shopping with mil (lucky me, ugh, what hell that was) to get a shower gift for Kris' cousin's baby shower this weekend. Sat morning we have a karate tournament, then the shower in the evening, and once the shower ends, we are heading down to freeport to llbean to get Ross winter clothes and such, we will have to stop and pick up a few groceries as well on the way back through too. I will be looking forward to Sunday for sure!!

Dinner tonight is up in the air...I will eat my longhorn leftovers, and the "boys" are on their own. Ross will prob have eggs and toast after karate, and Kris will eat cereal I imagine.

Sounds like you're getting back to normal with your hectic days!!!!!! Glad to have you back my friend!:hug:

[TheBeadPirate]

Lori--My friend we have the same sense of humor I swear, lol....I LOVE your magic shell comment!! It reminds me of when I yelled across the busy grocery store if Ross wanted more of the princess cereal, hehehe.
I showed Ross the picture of you with the nola ladies, and he is very impressed that you just went, and then will be back in Dec. as well....just one more thing to add to the height of the pedestal he has you on, lol!

I spent the morning out shopping with mil (lucky me, ugh, what hell that was) to get a shower gift for Kris' cousin's baby shower this weekend. Sat morning we have a karate tournament, then the shower in the evening, and once the shower ends, we are heading down to freeport to llbean to get Ross winter clothes and such, we will have to stop and pick up a few groceries as well on the way back through too. I will be looking forward to Sunday for sure!!

Dinner tonight is up in the air...I will eat my longhorn leftovers, and the "boys" are on their own. Ross will prob have eggs and toast after karate, and Kris will eat cereal I imagine.
Heck, now I'm boxing up Christmas decorations and fixin's to ship down! That boy's gotta trot to keep up here!:lmao: It's good to have you back my twisted sister! :rotfl: and yep, I've been known to once or twice yell across the store to pick up some pads or condoms to embarass the people I'm with. I just can't help myself....it's like a gag reflex, you just can't stop it. But I've learned not to do it to Rick anymore.... :eek: I loudly "whispered" the condom thing to him back in the day (he was waiting for it, I'm sure) and his response was to whoop and yell yippeeee! He was gonna get lucky....:scared1: Needless to say it's far more fun when I'm not the one turning 500 shades of red.:sad2:

[TigerKat]

Just when I started thinking I had this smoking thing licked, I had a horrible afternoon, one crave after another, but I got through it and I AM DETERMINED!!:upsidedow 16 days smoke-free!!!!!!:cool1:

[TheBeadPirate]

Just when I started thinking I had this smoking thing licked, I had a horrible afternoon, one crave after another, but I got through it and I AM DETERMINED!!:upsidedow 16 days smoke-free!!!!!!:cool1:

I am VEERRYY proud of you. Just thought I'd let you know.


I got markdown candy and am making the bread puddings tonight. Maybe that's for dinner. Just that. Yeah, sugar buzz in my future.:dance3::yay::dance3:

[HERSEY]

I took last night off from my paperwork so I have to do double tonight. So this will be quick.

Kathy Stay strong You can get past this.

It looks like you all had such fun at the F&W I love the boa's.

Last night we went by a neighbor's house for our annual Halloween party. I went home with a migrane I guess I can't party with the big dogs anymore.:confused3

Tonight we are having baked chicken and mashed potatoes and probably a salad. I ate too many snacks last night. Good thing we didn't have too many trick or treaters I got to keep the chocolate for moi :rolleyes1

[Zandy595]

Just when I started thinking I had this smoking thing licked, I had a horrible afternoon, one crave after another, but I got through it and I AM DETERMINED!!:upsidedow 16 days smoke-free!!!!!!:cool1::hug: Sorry you had a rough day. Keep up the good work though! :thumbsup2

[Nancyg56]

Just when I started thinking I had this smoking thing licked, I had a horrible afternoon, one crave after another, but I got through it and I AM DETERMINED!!:upsidedow 16 days smoke-free!!!!!!:cool1:


Good for you! I am so proud!

Sheryl- both you and Bob look so relaxed. I would love to get Buddy down for a pairing like that, he would enjoy it I think. No way this time of year though. And you spiffy looking NOLA ladies, sporting your green boas! What a great time you all had.

I have to confess that I would have loved to see Lori in action! What fun you all had!

Lori- I have learned to be very careful when I want to tease Buddy in public. He has gotten me back big time :scared1:

Lauren- I hope that you got your meds back. Last thing you need before your trip.

Wendie- Kady is feeling better. She has the same cold that I had last week so I know it is going to linger with her, but the little tiger ate all day long and was bored to tears so she is going to school tomorrow.

The cookies that I made for Kady were awful. I remember them from school when I was little and they were a little like fudgy oatmeal praline type things. These were just yucky. I am going to try again but I am going to Nanatize this time. I saw some with maple syrup so I am going to try adding some for sweetness.

I am not sure about the cake. It is a cross between a brownie and a cake. One more piece to see if I like it :rolleyes1

Leftovers were good tonight, Buddy is not home from work so he gets to finish them when he gets home.

[liamsaunt]

Here's my dinner, I used less sauce and grilled it into a panini because I am working on a project on the computer and needed to eat and work at the same time. Yum...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/1818157824_9ea5cd0dae.jpg

[liamandcaili]

Sheryl -- Thanks for all the pictures! I love the one of you and Bob...of course you are relaxed! You are surrounded by eight wine glasses, or so. (I know, they are small pours.) I also loved the pic of all the NOLA gals in their boas. You know how to stand out in a crowd!

Lindsay and Lauren -- Have a great trip!!

Just when I started thinking I had this smoking thing licked, I had a horrible afternoon, one crave after another, but I got through it and I AM DETERMINED!!:upsidedow 16 days smoke-free!!!!!!:cool1:

Good for you, Kathy! I'm sorry you had a tough day, but I am so proud of you that you beat it.

I actually made dinner tonight, and after all the grab-what-you-can type meals we've been having this week, it was really good. We had lamb chops, rice, roasted asparagus, and cheesy cauliflower casserole. I also made plain roasted cauliflower for the kids. The kids ate like they hadn't eaten for a week.

[Aimeedyan]

I made chipotle chicken soft tacos for dinner. Did I get the recipe here? With bean and cheese nachos. It was yummy and easy.

[nucpharm29]

Sheesh, just back from vacation and no time for recovery! We've been going non-stop since Monday. I really need to post some pics and a trip summary, but there has been no time. Maybe tomorrow. Oh, and just a synopsis of Emma figuring out the surprise "OMGosh, Mickey, Cinderella, OMGosh!!!" Jumping up and down pumping her fists in the middle of the orlando airport (right around the fountain).

Tonight's dinner was yummy--and I'll get around to posting the recipe probably tomorrow--It was sausages and onions braised with balsamic vinegar with horseradish mashed pots.

Tomorrow I'm making dinner for our church group again and they've requested Becky's Lemon Balsamic Roasted Chicken! Seriously, in the email I got they want me to make my "famous chicken recipe" again! Thanks Becky!

[THE HAT]

Kathy--I am sooo proud of you my friend!!!:hug: There are bound to be tough days.......BUT you are stronger then any of them!:thumbsup2
Kathy 1...Cravings 0...:woohoo:

Nancy--I am glad to hear that she is feeling a bit better...I hope it doesn't linger to long for her, colds are no fun!

Lori--Oh my, We are going to have some laughs...I love to embarrass others with "fun" comments:rotfl: I did a condom joke on friends this past summer....We had stopped to get soda's before all 4 of us were going to a park band concert, and they were getting vitamins (kinda amusing that the vitamins and condoms are near each other, but anyway) and I yelled over to them that I had found the condoms they were looking for, but all they had were smalls, not the extra smalls and if they could just roll them down a bit?...laugh?!!? holy moly did we all laugh....well except for Dave, he just shook his head and walked off :rotfl:
I love to have people laughing, ...and the good thing is I can dish it, and take it too, lol. I am super sarcastic, and after a couple of drinks, I find I am even funnier,:rotfl2: .........
We are driving down, (ROAD TRIP :cool1: ) so I have a box of holiday decorations all set to go!! I am pretty happy to not have to decorate the house this year...my electric bill will be happy too!!

[LindsayDunn228]

I never cook the day before we leave, so we are going to IHOP today.

WFD at your house?

ETA: I don't know if I will make it back online before I leave in the morning. I may check in during our trip. Anyway, have a great week you all!!!!!! (I don't know why my ticker says 3 days until we leave. It's way off!).

[Nancyg56]

Good Morning!

Lindsay and Lauren- Have a great time!!!!!!!!

Wendie- I can picture you all in the drugstore :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I love your Kathy/Craving scorecard :thumbsup2


Stephanie- you are amazing, I have trouble making meals for my family and you are cooking for a crowd!

Becky- your paninis look so good!

Tonight I am planning the pizza muffins posted here. I will use ground turkey and serve with some pasta I think.

[THE HAT]

Good Morning all..

Lindsey--Have a wonderful, safe trip, looking forward to a report when you get back!!!

Today I will go spend an hour or two up at the school, we have our annual auction this weekend, and I said I will help get baskets set up for it. (each grade has a theme basket that parents buy items for, and we auction it off..it is a huge hit, Ross' grade was... snow day) other items are donated, from local merchants. I can only do a bit this year, but it will be good to get out and another mother is picking me up as I can't drive yet.

Dinner tonight will be chicken with SBR, cous cous, and brown sugar glazed carrots.

Have a great day!!

[Mermaid02]

Just myself and my 10 year old tonight I bought a small pot roast yesterday and I will put it in the crock pot before I go to work and then make beef stew out of it when I get home. I'd leave it as a pot roast but the child LOVES dumplings....

[FormrCastMbr]

Thank you all for your well wishes for our trip. :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

Kathy, Hang in there girl...I am soooo proud of you. :hug: :hug: :hug:

Nancy, Glad Kady is feeling better.

Sheryl and Lori, Thanks for the reviews and the pics!

I want to be a NOLA girl so bad. Can I be a NOOLA girl? Non Occupant of Louisiana? A NOLA wannabe? Hey, I'll be like you guys and Lori's dog put together...;) OK, now I am getting silly. :upsidedow

Well, I am still freaking out over packing and getting the dog ready for the kennel :sad1: and Tom is in the bedroom snoring away. Typical man. Pack me shorts and underwear and I'll be fine! :eek:

We are going to do Chinese tonight.

I miss all of you. :)

[shovan]

Morning Y'all,

Lindsay & Lauren have a great trip!

Lauren you can be our adopted Noola gal!:lmao:

I can tell y'all we had so much fun meeting up, Bob said we looked a group of old Sorority sisters getting together again, instead of girls who just met each other!

Nancy & Wendie, I have been driving around with your coffee & addresses in the car all week! Hopefully I remember to put it in the mail sometime soon. I'm just so out of the groove with the remodeling going on.

Today I'm cooking Shrimp Alfredo for Alexis' little birthday party here tonight. Just a very small family party. I think I'll marinate the shrimp, & if the day works out well grill the shrimp if not I'll just toss them in with the sauce & pasta. Salad & french bread & a (bakery) Care Bear cake will finish it off!

Sheryl

[shovan]

Lauren, I forgot to mention that I did see your remodeling pics. Welcome to my nightmare! ;) Here's one for you, this is how our bathroom looked yesterday!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/House%20Remodeling%20Pics/100_1871.jpg

[TigerKat]

Oh, and just a synopsis of Emma figuring out the surprise "OMGosh, Mickey, Cinderella, OMGosh!!!" Jumping up and down pumping her fists in the middle of the orlando airport (right around the fountain).



That sounds priceless!!!!

Kathy--I am sooo proud of you my friend!!!:hug: There are bound to be tough days.......BUT you are stronger then any of them!:thumbsup2
Kathy 1...Cravings 0...:woohoo:

I love the scorecard!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for the support and words of encouragement, it means so much!:grouphug:



I want to be a NOLA girl so bad. Can I be a NOOLA girl? Non Occupant of Louisiana? A NOLA wannabe? Hey, I'll be like you guys and Lori's dog put together...;) OK, now I am getting silly. :upsidedow



:rotfl2: Girlfriend, you are already one of us!!!!


Lindsay - I wish you a safe and great trip!!!!:thumbsup2

No cooking for me tonight, we'll do take-out of some sort.

[shovan]

Here's a pic of our little trick or treaters ready to head out! I could not get all three to look at the camera at the same time for nothing!



http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/Alexis/100_1900.jpg


Welcome Home Stephanie!!! Sounds like your recovering very well to me, if you're back to cooking already!

[MA pigletfan]

Just a Fly By...
Dinner tonight : Roasted pork loin, butternut/acorn squash roasted, stuffing and those sour cream muffins I got from this WONDERFUL thread!
Hope everyone had a great week..i will have to read through and catch up!

[TheBeadPirate]

Kathy--I am sooo proud of you my friend!!!:hug: There are bound to be tough days.......BUT you are stronger then any of them!:thumbsup2
Kathy 1...Cravings 0...:woohoo:

Lori--Oh my, We are going to have some laughs...I love to embarrass others with "fun" comments:rotfl: I did a condom joke on friends this past summer....We had stopped to get soda's before all 4 of us were going to a park band concert, and they were getting vitamins (kinda amusing that the vitamins and condoms are near each other, but anyway) and I yelled over to them that I had found the condoms they were looking for, but all they had were smalls, not the extra smalls and if they could just roll them down a bit?...laugh?!!? holy moly did we all laugh....well except for Dave, he just shook his head and walked off :rotfl:
I love to have people laughing, ...and the good thing is I can dish it, and take it too, lol. I am super sarcastic, and after a couple of drinks, I find I am even funnier,:rotfl2: .........
We are driving down, (ROAD TRIP :cool1: ) so I have a box of holiday decorations all set to go!! I am pretty happy to not have to decorate the house this year...my electric bill will be happy too!! Hmm, I always seem to think I'm funnier than I am too.:lmao: Or so Rick tells me. The funny thing is... I put the Harry Potter candy in a "safe place" so I could pack it and share with Ross....... yep, you got it- I can't remember where I put it!:headache: I'm such an idiot!:rotfl2: At least I haven't put Wanna B in a "safe place" yet.

I want to be a NOLA girl so bad. Can I be a NOOLA girl? Non Occupant of Louisiana? A NOLA wannabe? Hey, I'll be like you guys and Lori's dog put together...;) OK, now I am getting silly. :upsidedow :)
Like the others said- you are a NOLA girl! Actually I kinda think about all of ya'll that way! We all seem like we just want to let our hair down and have a good ol' fun time. Good food, good friends, and a few cocktails- yep, that's a NOLA gal!:yay:

[lucas]

I haven't posted on this thread in awhile but I had to tell Lindsay that her Vanilla Rich Chip Cake was great! I brought some into the office and everybody loved it. Maybe it was beginners luck, but it popped right out of the bundt pan, too. It's a keeper. :surfweb:

[TigerKat]

I haven't posted on this thread in awhile but I had to tell Lindsey that her Vanilla Rich Chip Cake was great! I brought some into the office and everybody loved it, too. Maybe it was beginners luck, but it popped right out of the bundt pan, too. It's a keeper. :surfweb:

Welcome back - stick around, I missed you!!!!!!!!:hug:

[Aimeedyan]

Tonight is game night at church so I'm having hamburgers, hot dogs, and chips. And I actually shouldn't have to cook all 150 of them tonight IF the volunteers come at 530 like they said they would ;)

If not, it's okay - I figured out that grill last time.

[liamsaunt]

Tonight I am making maple-bourbon glazed chicken that is roasted with sweet potatoes and pecans in the pan. We'll have some broccoli too.

Here is a link to a couple of pictures I took on our latest St. John trip, in case you want to go to the beach this afternoon: :)

http://www.flickr.com/gp/28539958@N00/6U144V (http://www.flickr.com/gp/28539958@N00/6U144V)

[Dodie]

After reading the "what do you eat with your chili" thread, I now have to stop on the way home and buy chili fixings and sides. That's what we'll eat tonight and all weekend!

[Nancyg56]

I haven't posted on this thread in awhile but I had to tell Lindsey that her Vanilla Rich Chip Cake was great! I brought some into the office and everybody loved it, too. Maybe it was beginners luck, but it popped right out of the bundt pan, too. It's a keeper. :surfweb:

Well Hello there! It's good to see you again! I missed you :hug:

[Nancyg56]

Here is a link to a couple of pictures I took on our latest St. John trip, in case you want to go to the beach this afternoon: :)




Now I don't want to come back.

After reading the "what do you eat with your chili" thread, I now have to stop on the way home and buy chili fixings and sides. That's what we'll eat tonight and all weekend!


Hi there Dodie! You have to answer the all important question.......what are you going to eat with the chili?

[Dodie]

Hi there Dodie! You have to answer the all important question.......what are you going to eat with the chili?

Cornbread muffins! Shredded cheddar, sour cream, oyster crackers (for me), and Fritos (for DH) as toppings!

[FormrCastMbr]

Here is a link to a couple of pictures I took on our latest St. John trip, in case you want to go to the beach this afternoon: :)

http://www.flickr.com/gp/28539958@N00/6U144V (http://www.flickr.com/gp/28539958@N00/6U144V)


WOW Becky! These photos are absolutely gorgeous! Your shots are so professional. What type of camera do you have?

WFD DIS meet in St. John may be in order!

Cornbread muffins! Shredded cheddar, sour cream, oyster crackers (for me), and Fritos (for DH) as toppings!

Now I want chili.

[Mermaid02]

Cornbread muffins! Shredded cheddar, sour cream, oyster crackers (for me), and Fritos (for DH) as toppings!

Now I want chili too... :idea: I suppose I could have the stew tomorrow when the storm is brewing up here.....

[TheBeadPirate]

Just thought I'd share the Chocolate-Banana bread puddings. Not my favorite batch- I didn't carmelize the bananas enough. I'm not that hot on that 'nanner taste. I'm wondering if I can carmelize them with rum next time for a banana foster kinda taste. Anything with booze must be better, right?:lmao:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/rnleichmann/001_0465.jpg

And some of you might be old enough to remember these guys. Sorry about the blurry- they were shakin' their goodies faster than my camera could keep up!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: <----picture little hats on them turning them into a cowboy, construction worker, indian, army guy, leather man, and cop!;)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/rnleichmann/001_0464.jpg

and everyone now........ YMCA

[Nancyg56]

WFD DIS meet in St. John may be in order!
.


Oh sure, Lauren....I am picturing me on the beach, I don't want to come back in and now I want a DIS meet in ST John. You are making my highlight of the week trip to Costco look pretty boring :rotfl2:
Now I want chili too... :idea: I suppose I could have the stew tomorrow when the storm is brewing up here.....

I saw that Maine is going to have a direct hit. Are you close to the shoreline? Marisa said our shoreline is supposed to get 60 MPH winds, but we are far enough aways that I don't expect anything but rwin.

Just thought I'd share the Chocolate-Banana bread puddings. Not my favorite batch- I didn't carmelize the bananas enough. I'm not that hot on that 'nanner taste. I'm wondering if I can carmelize them with rum next time for a banana foster kinda taste.
And some of you might be old enough to remember these guys.



and everyone now........ YMCA
Your dessert looks so good! I would have it for dinner if you were closer....Buddy is working late and then he wants to stop in to see his nephew's soccer game. He has not seen him play in years so I hope he gets there in time. Anyway he would never know I was nibbling on yummy dessert before eating that good broccoli :lmao:

And yes, Lori, I am old enough to remember YMCA!!!!!!! (Today I am feeling every one of those years and having one heck of a Poor Me Pity Party...I'm beachless, I have no pudding and I can sing every word of YMCA :eek::eek::eek:)

[TigerKat]

I saw that Maine is going to have a direct hit. Are you close to the shoreline? Marisa said our shoreline is supposed to get 60 MPH winds, but we are far enough aways that I don't expect anything but rwin.


OK, now it's our turn down here to worry about you gals up north. Y'all are all welcome down here. Seriously, everyone stay safe.:grouphug:

[Nancyg56]

OK, now it's our turn down here to worry about you gals up north. Y'all are all welcome down here. Seriously, everyone stay safe.:grouphug:

Thank you Kathy.
I have not heard too many warnings but this morning it looked like the Cape was going to get a good storm and Maine as well, heading towards Nova Scotia, I think. I have not listened to the weather since, just know what Marisa told me. The waters are still pretty warm up here.

[HERSEY]

I hope "noel" is nothing more than a little rain storm for all of you on the Atlantic side.

Lindsay/Lauren I hope you have a great trip.

Lori I don't want to disappoint you but I don't think those are the orginal members of the Village People. I don't think I can listen to Ymca the same way anymore. At a wedding several years ago the wedding party including the grooms dad did a rendition of Ymca in his underwear.:eek: It was way to much for me. I looked at my husband and we left shortly after before anymore came off.:rolleyes1

Tonight I'm being lazy we had a frozen pizza.

[liamandcaili]

Today I will go spend an hour or two up at the school, we have our annual auction this weekend, and I said I will help get baskets set up for it. (each grade has a theme basket that parents buy items for, and we auction it off..it is a huge hit, Ross' grade was... snow day) other items are donated, from local merchants.

I hope your school has as much success as Liam and Caili's! They raised more than $30,000 past their goal.

Kathy, don't spend too much time worrying about New England weather. Whenever they say it is going to be bad, it usually isn't. It's when they say we are going to get brushed by or just get a light dusting when we end up losing electricity for a week or shoveling out three feet of snow. Around this time, the saying is, "Don't like the weather?? Wait a minute."

Dinner tonight was leftover pizza from Wednesday. Liam had basketball and Caili had a birthday party this afternoon, so we didn't have a lot of time to eat.

[THE HAT]

Hey all--just a quick post in case we lose power tomorrow, and I can't get on....as long as we get through Ross' tournament with power we are good.
My neighbor (who works for our power company) just came over to borrow my thermos' as he is taking a bunch with him filled with coffee for his crew, as they are having to go in for the day to respond to downed wires that are expected, so I made a bunch of muffins up for them as well. ( I usually do this for him to take when we have big snow storms too).
We will get some strong winds, and a bunch of rain, and the sun will be back on Sunday:)
I am just happy it isn't freezing rain!!!

Hope you all have a great Saturday!!
Dinner Sat. will be out somewhere on the way to llbean.

[shovan]

Hey all--just a quick post in case we lose power tomorrow, and I can't get on....as long as we get through Ross' tournament with power we are good.
My neighbor (who works for our power company) just came over to borrow my thermos' as he is taking a bunch with him filled with coffee for his crew, as they are having to go in for the day to respond to downed wires that are expected, so I made a bunch of muffins up for them as well. ( I usually do this for him to take when we have big snow storms too).
We will get some strong winds, and a bunch of rain, and the sun will be back on Sunday:)
I am just happy it isn't freezing rain!!!

Hope you all have a great Saturday!!
Dinner Sat. will be out somewhere on the way to llbean.

Wendie, I hope y'all don't get hit too bad with the storm. We'll be praying for you guys!

[shovan]

Just thought I'd share the Chocolate-Banana bread puddings. Not my favorite batch- I didn't carmelize the bananas enough. I'm not that hot on that 'nanner taste. I'm wondering if I can carmelize them with rum next time for a banana foster kinda taste. Anything with booze must be better, right?:lmao:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/rnleichmann/001_0465.jpg

And some of you might be old enough to remember these guys. Sorry about the blurry- they were shakin' their goodies faster than my camera could keep up!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: <----picture little hats on them turning them into a cowboy, construction worker, indian, army guy, leather man, and cop!;)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/rnleichmann/001_0464.jpg

and everyone now........ YMCA

Lori, That bread pudding looks really yummy to me! But yeah even better with a rum sauce!

And I'm with Nancy, definitely old enough to remember the VP! Those were my prime years, I'm a disco gal for sure!

[Mermaid02]

Hey all--just a quick post in case we lose power tomorrow, and I can't get on....as long as we get through Ross' tournament with power we are good.
My neighbor (who works for our power company) just came over to borrow my thermos' as he is taking a bunch with him filled with coffee for his crew, as they are having to go in for the day to respond to downed wires that are expected, so I made a bunch of muffins up for them as well. ( I usually do this for him to take when we have big snow storms too).
We will get some strong winds, and a bunch of rain, and the sun will be back on Sunday:)
I am just happy it isn't freezing rain!!!

Hope you all have a great Saturday!!
Dinner Sat. will be out somewhere on the way to llbean.


My dh works for our electric company up this way and he will be working starting at 11:00 this morning... gets to head to Washington County.... but that's okay as I am doing the "overtime dance" :banana: Bring on the high winds!! Momma needs some Christmas money :santa:

[Nancyg56]

At a wedding several years ago the wedding party including the grooms dad did a rendition of Ymca in his underwear.:eek: It was way to much for me. I looked at my husband and we left shortly after before anymore came off.:rolleyes1



:scared1::scared1::scared1:



Kathy, don't spend too much time worrying about New England weather. Whenever they say it is going to be bad, it usually isn't. It's when they say we are going to get brushed by or just get a light dusting when we end up losing electricity for a week or shoveling out three feet of snow. Around this time, the saying is, "Don't like the weather?? Wait a minute."


:lmao:, You are so right! My DH told me it had changed fro us and we are only getting showers and some wind. The coasters are going to get more. Come winter we all listen to the weather but it is what it is. DH says the weathermen are in cahoots with the grocery stores :rotfl2:becasue their big storm warnings never seem to do anything but send us all flocking for milk bread and sandwich meat :rotfl:

Hey all--just a quick post in case we lose power tomorrow, and I can't get on....as long as we get through Ross' tournament with power we are good.

I am just happy it isn't freezing rain!!!



I'll be thinking about you. I agree that freezing rain is no fun!

My dh works for our electric company up this way and he will be working starting at 11:00 this morning... gets to head to Washington County.... but that's okay as I am doing the "overtime dance" :banana: Bring on the high winds!! Momma needs some Christmas money :santa:

;)

Dinner last night was good! The pizza muffins were so good. I had baked potatoes with them and was planning on steamed broccoli but I forgot it on the stove and it burned :scared:. Gosh, that was awful!

Tonight Buddy and I are taking Kady and a friend of hers to the ballet to see Sleeping Beauty, so we are going to take them for dinner first. I think we are going to head towards Friendly's because her friend is a McDonalds girl and I am not going to Mickey D's for supper. If Buddy gets home from work early enough we may head in the opposite direction and take them to Red Robin.

The rest of my family is having dinner at my oldest D and then going to see Saw. Donny is a good cook but somewhere he got the idea that you should not clean your grill racks :scared: because then you get better flavor. Marisa and Dan told him that they don't want any extra flavor so he better clean those racks before putting any food on them! I would love to be a fly on the wall tonight. They like to get to the movies early to get their popcorn seat etc. Donny heads in just as the previews are ending. He also likes seats empty around him and they all line up. You could sell tickets to the 5 of them goining out together :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

[HERSEY]

Good morning! Anyone what a dog that is supposed to herd sheep but tried to catch the geese flying overhead?

THE HAT Mermaid02 Hope you both stay safe. Yes I again freezing rain is not good. Freezing anything other than ice cubes is not for me.



Just a reminder if anymore would like to join in on the holiday card exchange just send me a PM. I'll be compilyng the list soon.

[Mermaid02]

My Mother just invited us over for pot roast tonight..... I told her I had a little one from last night and she could take that and add it to hers.... Great minds think alike!!

[nucpharm29]

Morning ya'll! Thinking of all our NE ladies today! Hope the weather isn't too bad. We're gonna be near 80 again today--geez, isn't it November???? Doesn't feel much like fall around here!

Last night's chicken was a huge hit again! Thanks Becky! And I tried a new potato recipe and it was yummy too!

Ranch Mashed Potatoes

13 cups cubed red potato (about 4 lbs)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp dried basil
3/4 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp dried dill

Place potatoes in a Dutch Oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until tender. Drain. Place potatoes in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mash to desired consistency

And here is the dinner recipe from a couple nights back

Sweet Sausages Braised in Onions with Horseradish Smashed Potatoes
2 lbs small red potatoes, cut into quarters
Coarse salt
1 tbsp EVOO
8 links sweet Italian sausage
2 med. yellow onions, sliced
2-3 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
3 garlic cloves, chopped
Black Pepper
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 cups chicken stock
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp butter
1/4-1/3 cup sour cream
1 tbsp prepared horseradish
1/4-1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flat leaf parsley

Place pots. in a pot and cover with water. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Salt the water. Take off the lid and boil the pots. until tender

Heat a lg skillet over med-high heat with EVOO. Add the sausage links and brown on all sides. Remove sausages from skillet and reserve.

To the skillet at the onions, thyme, and garlic. Season with salt/pepper. Cook the onions, stirring frequently, until they begin to brown. Add the vinegar, chicken stock, and honey. Bring liquid to a simmer, then add the sausages back to the pan and braise the sausages until they are cooked through and the sauce has reduced by half--8-10 min

Drain the pots and return them to the hot pot to dry them out. Add the butter, sour cream, horseradish,a nd milk to the pots. Smash to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

Divide the pots. among 4 dishes and top with 2 sausage links, onions, and braising liquid

[Mermaid02]

Morning ya'll! Thinking of all our NE ladies today! Hope the weather isn't too bad. We're gonna be near 80 again today--geez, isn't it November???? Doesn't feel much like fall around here!

Last night's chicken was a huge hit again! Thanks Becky! And I tried a new potato recipe and it was yummy too!

Ranch Mashed Potatoes

13 cups cubed red potato (about 4 lbs)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp dried basil
3/4 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp dried dill

Place potatoes in a Dutch Oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until tender. Drain. Place potatoes in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mash to desired consistency

And here is the dinner recipe from a couple nights back

Sweet Sausages Braised in Onions with Horseradish Smashed Potatoes
2 lbs small red potatoes, cut into quarters
Coarse salt
1 tbsp EVOO
8 links sweet Italian sausage
2 med. yellow onions, sliced
2-3 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
3 garlic cloves, chopped
Black Pepper
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 cups chicken stock
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp butter
1/4-1/3 cup sour cream
1 tbsp prepared horseradish
1/4-1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flat leaf parsley

Place pots. in a pot and cover with water. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Salt the water. Take off the lid and boil the pots. until tender

Heat a lg skillet over med-high heat with EVOO. Add the sausage links and brown on all sides. Remove sausages from skillet and reserve.

To the skillet at the onions, thyme, and garlic. Season with salt/pepper. Cook the onions, stirring frequently, until they begin to brown. Add the vinegar, chicken stock, and honey. Bring liquid to a simmer, then add the sausages back to the pan and braise the sausages until they are cooked through and the sauce has reduced by half--8-10 min

Drain the pots and return them to the hot pot to dry them out. Add the butter, sour cream, horseradish,a nd milk to the pots. Smash to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

Divide the pots. among 4 dishes and top with 2 sausage links, onions, and braising liquid


Those potatoes sound GREAT!!! I might have to try that sometime this week.

[HERSEY]

I just heard on the news Remember to set the clocks back tonight. I have to remind myself or I'm going to be very early for work tomorrow.:rotfl:

[TheBeadPirate]

(Today I am feeling every one of those years and having one heck of a Poor Me Pity Party...I'm beachless, I have no pudding and I can sing every word of YMCA :eek::eek::eek:) But I still love ya!:hug:

I hope "noel" is nothing more than a little rain storm for all of you on the Atlantic side.

Lindsay/Lauren I hope you have a great trip.

Lori I don't want to disappoint you but I don't think those are the orginal members of the Village People. I don't think I can listen to Ymca the same way anymore. At a wedding several years ago the wedding party including the grooms dad did a rendition of Ymca in his underwear.:eek: It was way to much for me. I looked at my husband and we left shortly after before anymore came off.:rolleyes1

Tonight I'm being lazy we had a frozen pizza.Nope, none of the originals- but they still sound good.

[TigerKat]

My dh works for our electric company up this way and he will be working starting at 11:00 this morning... gets to head to Washington County.... but that's okay as I am doing the "overtime dance" :banana: Bring on the high winds!! Momma needs some Christmas money :santa:

Too funny!!!!!:rotfl2:




Just a reminder if anymore would like to join in on the holiday card exchange just send me a PM. I'll be compilyng the list soon.

I've already sent you my address, haven't I??

I just heard on the news Remember to set the clocks back tonight. I have to remind myself or I'm going to be very early for work tomorrow.:rotfl:

Oh great, Kyle can use this as an excuse to stay out an hour later tonight.:rolleyes1


We've got a HUGE LSU game this afternoon, so I planned a big shrimp boil with corn, potatoes and sausage for us to pick on during the game. I'm also making that Vanilla Rich cake that Lindsay posted.:woohoo:

It's my nature to worry, so I'll be worried about all you gals and your families that are in danger of severe weather today. I'll keep you all in my prayers.:grouphug:

[liamsaunt]

So I ended up switching the menu last night. I made a cajun flavored chicken, broccoli, and mac and cheese. Here is the chicken:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2355/1842065137_1be3a57435.jpg

Chicken, carved up:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2299/1842893434_39940a1699.jpg

Broccoli:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2153/1842891736_2ce516c4c3.jpg

Mac and cheese:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/1842066837_f2502c3c1e.jpg


I'm not sure wfd yet...we were supposed to go to Laura's for dinner, but the weather might keep us home, we'll see.

[liamsaunt]

where is everybody? Tonight I am making comfort food--steamed fresh king crab legs with drawn butter for an appetizer, then haddock chowder and popovers.

[TigerKat]

Hi Becky, I'm here:wave2: ! YUM those crab legs sound great, can't wait to see those pics.

That cajun chicken looked amazing!:thumbsup2 How's the weather?????

[Zandy595]

I'm not cooking tonight. We're going out, but we don't know where yet. DH just got home and still has to take a shower so where ever we go we'll probably be waiting an hour to get a table.

[liamandcaili]

So far, we're surviving the weather here. It is very windy and is now raining pretty hard. I am hoping it lets up because the kids are going to a pajama/movie night and I'm going to a cocktail party with my neighbors. We are all going to be very soggy if the rain continues.

I did make dinner this afternoon. I had linguine and clams and garlic bread, which was probably not the best choice right before heading to a social gathering. I feel like I have garlic exuding from my pores. :laughing:

[HERSEY]

http://www.familyoven.com/ This is my new favorite website

[Aimeedyan]

Not sure what's for dinner... we were gone all day and just got in. DH is craving quesidillas so we may make some of those.

[THE HAT]

still have power, (crossing fingers it stays that way, but it doesn't seem like it will) It was a long day, and we had a very long drive back from llbean as the wind is just a whipping and the rain is making it hard to see) I have two huge huge maple trees in my back yard, that hover over our house, that I am hoping stay there and not ON our house!!! So far so good...just soggy and a bit blown around...not good hair day material for sure...good thing was we all looked alike, ;).......the sun will shine tomorrow!!!!!

hope everyone had a fab day!!

[zipuzee]

Hi all - I'm still playing catch-up from vacation. Work was crazy and my MIL had neck surgery on Tuesday so we've been a bit busy. I still haven't gotten to the grocery; that's on tomorrow's agenda!
Looks like lots of good recipes and web sites have popped up here; I'll need to take a better look at all the posts. We had hot dogs and chili for dinner. Tomorrow my DH wants to make the Cheddar Cheese Soup from Canada. So hopefully that will be dinner tomorrow!
I hope all you ladies up north stay safe, warm and dry. Becky - that chicken looks really good!
Wendie - good to see you posting again; hope you are finally feeling better.
Kathy - great to see you kicking the habit! Hang in there; I know you can do it.

[TigerKat]

I haven't posted on this thread in awhile but I had to tell Lindsay that her Vanilla Rich Chip Cake was great! I brought some into the office and everybody loved it. Maybe it was beginners luck, but it popped right out of the bundt pan, too. It's a keeper. :surfweb:

I'll second that. Mine came out great too!!!!!!!!:goodvibes

[THE HAT]

Morning all!!
Our power just came back on after being out for about 4 hours...nothing major..through the sleeping hours which is always good....it is still pretty windy out, but the rain is over with for the most part...we just had one pretty big branch come down, and it missed anything of importance in the yard, a lot of small branches everywhere and caught on the fences etc...sooo I know what Ross will be doing today, lol. We will stick them in the neighborhood burn pile, I have a feeling that we will be having 2 or 3 of these going as everyones yards look about the same,lol. Kris will have to chainsaw the bigger branch, and that will go into the wood pile to dry out for next year. Kris is gone for the day taking out docks for our customers who have camps about 2.5 hours away, so he will have to do it some evening this week, as he won't be back until late tonight.
Just mother nature getting us ready for ole man winters arrival!

Dinner tonight will be steak tips with sbr honey chipolte (sp) sauce, this is our fav right now, it is mmmmmm. I will make fresh green beans and noodles of some sort to go along with it.
I hope you all have a great sunday morning! I am going to spend the day putting away the winter items, and such from llbean. I just love that store and only go 3x a year as we all go nuts there, lol. I still buy Ross way to many clothes, shoes and pj's from there, lol.

[Mermaid02]

I am making some chicken soup from scratch as we speak. DD wants to make spaghetti sauce and have spaghetti tonight though. I guess we'll have the spaghetti tonight and soup tomorrow.

We didn't lose our power here last night... dh is still in Washington County working though. Today is Sunday and that means DOUBLE TIME :banana:

[TigerKat]

Good morning!

Glad to hear everyone so far has made out OK up there.:grouphug: I'll feel better once everyone has checked in.

WFD - Blackened redfish with garlic butter, roasted potatoes and spinach gratin.

Three weeks from right now I'll be on a plane headed for WDW!:banana:

[Glynis]

Good morning, everyone! Sorry I haven't checked in lately. Things got really crazy here with Halloween, school projects, etc. We haven't been eating really well, mostly just stuff thrown together, so I haven't done much checking in.

We are back in the swing of things today, though. I'll be making flank steak with orange sauce, baked potatoes, broccoli, and apple crisp for dinner tonight. I can't wait!!! My BIL went to Idaho and brought us back 25 pounds of Idaho bakers, and they are HUGE!!!

This is going to be a crazy week for us! Jacob turns 8 on Thursday, so we'll be having his favorite dinner then: teriyaki salmon! His baptism will take place on Saturday, and that means COMPANY!!! All the extended family will be in town for that! We will be hosting a party afterwards, and I'm planning on doing a nacho bar for that. Alan and I are providing the chips and nacho cheese, and everyone else will be bringing their favorite nacho topping, and some kind of dessert (cookie, brownies, etc.). I think I'll also make a crockpot full of my lime chicken nacho topping. I've been craving that, lately.

I hope I'll be able to chat this week, but my house is in sore need of my attention. We've spent this last week getting the outside of the house winter ready, and now it's time for the inside. Wish me luck!!!

[liamsaunt]

Photos from yesterday....king crab legs:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/1858080472_17a5d770a4.jpg

Popovers:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2014/1858081494_7753039ada.jpg

Fish chowder:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/1857257481_9749c719d8.jpg

Today I am making rack of lamb. I have not figured out the rest of the menu yet.

[TigerKat]

Jacob turns 8 on Thursday

In case you don't get a chance to check back in before then:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB !!!:cake: party: :bday:

[THE HAT]

Glynis-I was wondering where you were, glad it is just the normal busy life stuff that has kept you away and not something else!!
Please give Jacob a big Happy Birthday, and a hug from me please!!

Well my baby boy is growing up....he just informed me that he knows that there is no Santa...:(........this was the last of the "ones" to go...tooth fairy and easter bunny were awhile ago, but Santa he still clung to, lol........he was just matter of fact about it, lol. I called Kris to tell him I had sad news....I said yep Ross just informed me that there is no Santa, and he is reading the stocks in the paper, and having a cup of coffee...(he really is...they do stocks as school and I let him have one cup of coffee a week after his chores, lol) Kris asked me when he was getting his apartment, lol!!
My baby is growing up...at least he still loves to cuddle with me on the couch!!! sigh

[liamandcaili]

Wendie -- Sorry to hear about Ross. I'm surprised he told you. Most kids know that Santa brings way more presents than Mom and Dad. :laughing: My brother had my parents fooled for years.

I think I still have one more year with Liam, but this is probably it.

Today hardly feels like Sunday since I am not at my parents' hanging out with Beck. Caili had a birthday party this afternoon, so we stayed here. We're having football food -- black bean and cheese quesadillas, spicy lime chicken wings with avocado salsa, and eggplant sticks (in case Caili doesn't eat anything else).

GO PATRIOTS!

[THE HAT]

Wendie -- Sorry to hear about Ross. I'm surprised he told you. Most kids know that Santa brings way more presents than Mom and Dad. :laughing: My brother had my parents fooled for years.

I think I still have one more year with Liam, but this is probably it.



GO PATRIOTS!

He is just way to honest of a kid.....I know I would have tried milking it out for longer, :laughing: ...........with the toothfairy...he came home from school last year, and had lost a tooth, when I said we would have to put it under his pillow that night to see what he would get for money, he just said Mama, I know that there is no such thing, keep your money,:lmao: .



Kathy I just noticed your post about your upcoming trip.......whoo hooo WDW time is getting closer!!!!!!! :woohoo: Have you started your packing yet???

[TigerKat]

Well my baby boy is growing up....he just informed me that he knows that there is no Santa...:(........this was the last of the "ones" to go...tooth fairy and easter bunny were awhile ago, but Santa he still clung to, lol........he was just matter of fact about it, lol. I called Kris to tell him I had sad news....I said yep Ross just informed me that there is no Santa, and he is reading the stocks in the paper, and having a cup of coffee...(he really is...they do stocks as school and I let him have one cup of coffee a week after his chores, lol) Kris asked me when he was getting his apartment, lol!!
My baby is growing up...at least he still loves to cuddle with me on the couch!!! sigh

I remember those days so well. I was devastated when Kyle told me he knew there was no Santa. Christmas morning was just never the same again.:sad1: Enjoy the cuddling while you can!!!!

[shovan]

Hi Y'all,

Glad to hear everyone made out okay with the storm! :goodvibes

Wendie, Sorry your baby is growing up so fast! :hug: Hugs for you Mom, we all know how hard that is! I'm gonna have to tie a string around my finger so I can remember to put your coffee in the mail. Or would that be Coffee for Ross!!! ;)

Beckie, Yesterday's meal looked wonderful!!!:thumbsup2 Especially your popovers, now I see why you thought the ones from your "disaster" meal were so bad. Those are gorgeous!!! Is the recipe for those posted here? Also your chowder looks wonderful! I can see a butter sheen on top! I've made a oyster artichoke cream soup that looks just like your chowder, now we just need some cold weather to fix some!

Glynis, You'll have a busy week with Jacob's birthday & baptism! Hope all goes well with all the prep work for the celebrations!:goodvibes


Well I think I've finally had my fill of the hot dogs & chili I made for Halloween! But it will be more leftovers for dinner here, the shrimp alfredo I fixed for Alexis's birthday party. Unless Kathy want's to invite me over for blackened redfish?! ;)

[Nancyg56]

Hi All! Just checking in, I don't know where the day has gone but it went pretty darn fast!

I am glad that my coastal friends fared okay yesterday, you certainly got more than us, the storm seemed to stop at RT 91, so we just got some wind and the sky was overcast. You all got so much more :grouphug:

Last night was Friendly's, not my favorite place but the kids wanted it. I felt bad because they have no sorbet on the menu and the little Baskin Robbin closed so the server gave Kady a sundae glass of Oreos.

Tonight is strip steak on the grill with a garlic butter sauce, chicken drumsticks for Marisa, mashed potatoes, brocolli...hopefully not burnt...and salad and garlic bread. We has fried Queso Blanco, bread and olive oli and balsamic vinegar to start. Dan brought a pumpkin cheese pie with streusel topping for dessert and some vegan cookies for Kady.

[liamsaunt]

Photos from dinner...very sad with no Laura!! Laura did call me to say that about halfway through the afternoon Liam turned to her and said MOM! WHEN are we going to go to Mommom and Grampy's?? I don't like Sundays without Laura and the kids!

Wow, I must say that the calls against the Patriots are really bad in this game. What the heck?? :confused3

So, here's dinner. Lamb chops:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/1861954601_4714916df4.jpg

Mashed sweet potatoes with lemon zest and parsley:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/1862897530_27a5c7315e.jpg

Buttered asparagus:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/1862776200_e2f7212dce.jpg

Cinnamon apples:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/1862778700_0d5b322463.jpg

My dinner, a chicken pot pie (made with some of the leftover roast chicken from the other night):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/1861952355_a67f0e2966.jpg

The inside of it:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/1862777926_85e15d842a.jpg

Go Patriots! Even if the referees have other ideas...:mad:

[Aimeedyan]

Tonight I'm making the pizza meatloaf muffins - I am excited to try them! I have nothing to serve with them but will figure something out.

I have a really, really big day next Sunday (I am preaching for the first time). I'm really, really terrified. It will be a stressful week for me. My Crohns is aggravated by stress so I'm trying so hard to not stress out over this. It's becoming more difficult! Please pray that I don't flip out this week. This Sunday is also children's sabbath, which is a big day for my kids at church, and I was admitted to the hospital 2 days before children's sabbath last year so I'm trying not to repeat history. Just thinking about it makes me sweat. I may have to wear a Depends under that robe... ;)

[HERSEY]

Aimeedyan Just remember that your friends here are pulling for you we believe you will do a great sermon.:thumbsup2 Try and have a family member sit were you can see them and preach to them.:hug:



Tonight we are having rice and chicken satay and a salad.

I found a recipe for my favorite Thai dish that I'm going to try tomorrow I forgot the fish sauce :confused3

[Glynis]

Tonight I'm making the pizza meatloaf muffins - I am excited to try them! I have nothing to serve with them but will figure something out.

I have a really, really big day next Sunday (I am preaching for the first time). I'm really, really terrified. It will be a stressful week for me. My Crohns is aggravated by stress so I'm trying so hard to not stress out over this. It's becoming more difficult! Please pray that I don't flip out this week. This Sunday is also children's sabbath, which is a big day for my kids at church, and I was admitted to the hospital 2 days before children's sabbath last year so I'm trying not to repeat history. Just thinking about me makes me sweat. I may have to wear a Depends under that robe... ;)

I will be with you in spirit!! I know that you'll be great!!!!!

Did you like the meatloaf muffins? I need to work those into a menu soon! I've got a freezer full of ground turkey, and this is a good recipe to use it all up!

[Nancyg56]

Tonight I'm making the pizza meatloaf muffins - I am excited to try them! I have nothing to serve with them but will figure something out.

I have a really, really big day next Sunday (I am preaching for the first time). I'm really, really terrified. It will be a stressful week for me. My Crohns is aggravated by stress so I'm trying so hard to not stress out over this. It's becoming more difficult! Please pray that I don't flip out this week. This Sunday is also children's sabbath, which is a big day for my kids at church, and I was admitted to the hospital 2 days before children's sabbath last year so I'm trying not to repeat history. Just thinking about it makes me sweat. I may have to wear a Depends under that robe... ;)

I made the pizza muffins Friday night and they were so good. I don't follow recipes well but I used the basic recipe. I served baked potatoes with them.This is going on my regular rotation :thumbsup2

Aimee- you are going to give a wonderful sermon because you are so prepared. Just be yourself, remember that the people who are listening to you are all your friend and as Janice already said, we are all in your corner. And you know that this bunch will say a few prayers for insurance :hug:

[TigerKat]

Just had to post quickly, I've been on a forum which is for folks who are quitting the smoking habit for a few weeks now. Well they have a WFD thread and nobody ever posts on it but me, so now I've been asked to start my own "recipe of the day" thread. It's crazy, they are going nuts over there!!!!!!

[Aimeedyan]

Did you like the meatloaf muffins? I need to work those into a menu soon! I've got a freezer full of ground turkey, and this is a good recipe to use it all up!

Ooh, they were yummy! I just came in to post how much we liked them.

[OKWMom]

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been missing for the past few days, but to paraphrase a Christmas song:

On the third week before vacation my true love gave to me...3 sick children, 2 broken appliances, and a smoke detector going off at 5:00 a.m. Yes friends, all 3 kids are sick with the runny nose, cough, low fever; my dishwasher started leaking all over my kitchen floor; the washer quit in mid-cycle and did not want to start over; and the dust burning off in the heating vents set off our smoke detector this morning bright and ugly. So tomorrow will involve a doctor visit and hopefully a visit from the repairman for the appliances.

Add this to the other obligations of the weekend and it made for a very busy time. The kids are now in bed and this is the first time I have had a chance to catch up. Please forgive me if I miss anything.

lucas Welcome Back! It was really good to see you post again.

Sheryl and Lori Love the pics!!!! It looks like you had a great time.

Glynis Happy Birthday to Jacob on Thursday!

AimeeGood luck with the sermon. (Or did I miss it and it was today?!?) I'm sure you will be wonderful.

Kathy Now don't be leaving us for the future non-smokers. ;) Hope you are still doing well with quitting.

Wendie it is really good to see you posting like in the pre-surgery days. I hope this means you are on the mend.

Nancy Did Kady and her friend enjoy swan lake? My heart broke about the oreos, it hurts my heart to imagine that baby watching her friend eat ice cream and her not having any. :hug:

[Nancyg56]

Just had to post quickly, I've been on a forum which is for folks who are quitting the smoking habit for a few weeks now. Well they have a WFD thread and nobody ever posts on it but me, so now I've been asked to start my own "recipe of the day" thread. It's crazy, they are going nuts over there!!!!!!

You have a lot to chose from so I'm glad that you can share them. Without this thread my family would eat the same old stuff everyday, and that would be too much even for my boring bunch :rotfl2:

Ooh, they were yummy! I just came in to post how much we liked them.

I wanted to say I'm happy that Pixie has got a good home. I've been following the Pixie story.

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been missing for the past few days, but to paraphrase a Christmas song:

Nancy Did Kady and her friend enjoy swan lake? My heart broke about the oreos, it hurts my heart to imagine that baby watching her friend eat ice cream and her not having any. :hug:

What a weekend! I hope that the kids feel better soon and that all of the "glitches" are out of the way now. Kady's Dr hads her take Zithromax and she was feeling better within 24 hours. Hope that is the case with your little ones.

As to the ballet.....it was a bust :headache:

Kady was fine with the Oreos, my DH was not. He was irritated that we let her friend have any dessert and we did not have any. I wish that ice cream shops had something that was dairy free.

Now to the Ballet. It was Sleeping Beauty, the fairy tale version. I will never take anyone else's child with me anywhere where we are trapped or have spent a bundle on tickets. The kids were bored and my DH said he was tortured becasue when he would fall asleep his head would drop and that would wake him up :guilty:, but at least he was quiet.

Kady know better than to make a scene in public but her little friend decided to cry when I told her we were lot leaving during the break. She wanted to have something to eat and there were options that Kady could have, I knew she was not hungry, she just wanted a candy bar. It went downhill from there. She cried, sniffled and then Kady started. We left during Act Three but I was not amused with any of them. Buddy said that I was mean but my kids never pulled that stunt and Kady never did before this, so no more friends on these little excursions. I spent over $200 for tickets and was furious as we left.

We have tickets to the Nutcracker in a few weeks. Marisa just smiled becasue she has had the same experience with this little girl and she has less patience than me. "I told you so" was all over her!

[nucpharm29]

Tonight's dinner will be something with chicken--probably asian something or other! Hope everyone has a great Monday!

Nancy--Sorry the ballet was not a great experience!:hug:

[TigerKat]

I have a really, really big day next Sunday (I am preaching for the first time). I'm really, really terrified. It will be a stressful week for me. My Crohns is aggravated by stress so I'm trying so hard to not stress out over this. It's becoming more difficult! Please pray that I don't flip out this week. This Sunday is also children's sabbath, which is a big day for my kids at church, and I was admitted to the hospital 2 days before children's sabbath last year so I'm trying not to repeat history. Just thinking about it makes me sweat. I may have to wear a Depends under that robe... ;)

You'll do just fine, we're all here for you.:hug:


On the third week before vacation my true love gave to me...3 sick children, 2 broken appliances, and a smoke detector going off at 5:00 a.m.


:hug: I was starting to worry about you! I hope the kids are OK, better they be sick now than in 3 weeks though! Keep us posted, my friend.

I'm doing very well with the smoking, I'll hit the three week mark tomorrow.:yay:

Nancy - What a shame about the ballet. I'd have been pretty mad too.

WFD - Grilled steaks, baked potatoes and salad.

[OKWMom]

Nancy what a horrible experience! I hope the Nutcracker turns out much better.

Kathy congrats on the three week mark. You're almost there! :banana:

Thanks for the well wishes for the children. Amanda and Patrick seem to be feeling better - I didn't hear either of them cough at all last night. Hailey, on the other hand, well she tends to have a harder time fighting off colds and it seems like all of hers become bronchitis or an ear infection or something else. She is making a trip to the doctor today.

I have no idea at all what I'm making for dinner tonight. All I know is it will be some kind of pork as that is all I have in the fridge.

Have a great day everyone!

Gretchen

[THE HAT]

Morning all--

Kathy-- you are doing super!! I am so proud of you!!

Gretchen-- I was wondering where you were. Sorry the kiddos are not feeling well, I hope Hailey can fight this better then she normally does, keep us posted on how her Dr. appt goes, and how Amanda and Patrick are feeling too.

Nancy-- What a bummer of an evening for all of you! I would not have been to pleased with how it all went either. fingers crossed that the next one goes much better!! :)

Aimee-- You will do a wonderful job!!

____
Well I have a sick kiddo at home today myself, Ross wasn't himself at his tournament on Sat. and when he lost after his first fight on Sat without much of a competitive side showing, I looked at Kris and said "uh oh" I bet he is getting sick.....yep, by Sunday evening he was a sniffling sneezing snotty mess, lol......he was up about 3x last night because he couldn't breath due to his super stuffy nose,(oh the drama) when I went to get him up this morning, one look told me that if I sent him I would be getting a phone call by 9 at the latest to come get him. Soo he is on the couch, I would rather keep him home for one day, then send him only to have him end up missing 2 because I pushed. I knew he did not feel good when he didn't argue with me about staying home, he hates to miss school, Kris is going to pick up his homework for him this afternoon.

Supper tonight will be the steak tips I didn't get to making last night as Kris ended up bringing home pizza.

Hope you all are having a nice November Monday!

[TigerKat]

Gretchen - Prayers for Hailey that she can shake this quickly.:hug:

Wendie - Good for you, keeping Ross home. I always did the same, I hate to see sick kids IN school.

[shovan]

Morning Y'all,

It's going to be a red beans & rice Monday here. Which I'm very sorry about, after seeing Becky's lambchops!!!!! Maaannn does that look good or what?!!! :thumbsup2

Gretchen, So sorry all the kids were sick, I hope Hailey gets well quick! :hug: Hopefully in a couple of weeks everyone will be well & ready for VACATION!!!:goodvibes

Wendie, Hope Ross gets well quick too!:flower3:

Nancy, I'm giving Nana permission to never ever take one of Kady's friends to anything EVER again!!!!!! What a bummer, after shelling out that much money to have to leave early. :sad2:

Aimee, You will do a great job! I'll be praying for you too!:flower3:

Y'all have a great day!!

Sheryl

[liamandcaili]

Aimee -- I am sure you will do great. :thumbsup2

Gretchen -- I am sorry you had such a tough weekend! I hope everyone gets better quickly, so you can get back to thinking about your trip.

Wendie -- Hopefully, the day on the couch gets Ross feeling more like himself too.

Nancy -- That's terrible about the ballet. We took Liam and Caili to see the Nutcracker last year, and they both enjoyed it. I can't think of a ballet more child-friendly than the Nutcracker -- lots going on, very few long slow parts -- so maybe without her friend, Kady (and you) will have a better experience.

I have lots of leftovers from yesterday, so right now, that is what I am planning to have for dinner. There's a lot of time between now and when I eat though.

[Aimeedyan]

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been missing for the past few days, but to paraphrase a Christmas song:

On the third week before vacation my true love gave to me...3 sick children, 2 broken appliances, and a smoke detector going off at 5:00 a.m. Yes friends, all 3 kids are sick with the runny nose, cough, low fever; my dishwasher started leaking all over my kitchen floor; the washer quit in mid-cycle and did not want to start over; and the dust burning off in the heating vents set off our smoke detector this morning bright and ugly. So tomorrow will involve a doctor visit and hopefully a visit from the repairman for the appliances.

:eek: What a nightmare!

[Aimeedyan]

I am not sure what's for dinner. I forgot to thaw anything. I also forgot to grab my lunch that I packed and left on the counter, too. I guess I lost my mind this morning!

Thanks for the well wishes for the week. Imagining those 1600 eyes staring back at me freaks me out. For 18 straight minutes. That's a freakin long time to be stared at!

I worked with my pastor this morning again on it and it's coming together really well so I'm getting a little more confident. I'll feel better once it's done and I can stand in the sanctuary and just practice over and over again. Maybe Wed I can do that.

[Aimeedyan]

Does anyone care to share what is on their menu for this week? I need to shop tonight on my way home and I'm unmotivated to search for recipes. I'd love to hear what you have planned so I can be inspired!

[TigerKat]

Does anyone care to share what is on their menu for this week? I need to shop tonight on my way home and I'm unmotivated to search for recipes. I'd love to hear what you have planned so I can be inspired!

Surely - today has been posted(Steaks, baked potatoes)

Tuesday - Chicken Sausalito(Mexican), spanish rice and zucchini
Wednesday - Oven BBQ Country style pork ribs, smothered potatoes and corn
Thursday - Hamburger Stroganoff, noodles and beet salad

[liamsaunt]

Dinner tonight is at my parents' house since DH is on a plane to Florida. I think it is going to be pasta with eggplant and tomatoes. I'll try and get a picture if there's no objection from my Dad.

[Nancyg56]

Does anyone care to share what is on their menu for this week? I need to shop tonight on my way home and I'm unmotivated to search for recipes. I'd love to hear what you have planned so I can be inspired!

Aimee- I am no help here I very seldom even keep to what I posted for the day :confused3. I had planned chicken, curried sweet potatoes and a veggie for dinner but the contractor who we hired to fix the mistakes in the kitchen showed up this morning just as I was leaving. He just left and I need to get in there and clean, so dinner is on the back burner for now. See what I mean?

[shovan]

Aimee, I'm of no help either! I never plan the weeks meals, I cook whatever I'm in the mood for that day. Which often changes throughout the day! I do have steak planned for tomorrow cus it's DH's birthday & he requested a big ole hunk of beef!

[Zandy595]

Tonight's dinner is a shrimp/veggie/pasta dish.

Last night we had grilled ham steak with cherry glaze, tots, and broccoli.

[HERSEY]

Tonight we had a Thai noodle dish with hamburger gravy. It turned out really good pretty close to what I get in the Thai restaurant. Alex wasn't fond of it because of the curry powder. He had a turkey sandwich. I really have to work on that boy.;)


Aimee Sorry I rarely know what we are eating that day. My resolution is to get organized and shop once for the week according to the menus.

[liamandcaili]

Aimee, I'm sorry I'm not much help either. For a while, I was good about planning menus, but now I am back to the going to the grocery store almost every day routine.

Kathy, here, at long last, is the roast recipe:

Mom's old-fashioned roast (for medium-rare):

For all roasts, coat with flour and season well with salt and pepper. Mom also either adds garlic powder or makes small slits in the roast and inserts garlic slices. She puts fresh rosemary on top. She roasts in a regular baking dish.

Weekday roast: Cook a rump roast for 26 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Weekend roast: Cook sirloin roast for 21 minutes/pound. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Special Occasion Roast: Cook tenderloin roast 21 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil, for 10-20 minutes.

Serve with gravy.

[Aimeedyan]

I ended up driving through Taco Cabana on my way home. I had 3 taquitos with queso and DH had a chicken quesidilla. I didn't get out of work until after 6 tonight. And I HATE that it's already dark!!!

I am going to grocery shop in a few minutes. I know if I don't buy stuff now we'll be eating fast food the rest of the week. Thanks for the inspiration menus!

[TigerKat]

Kathy, here, at long last, is the roast recipe:

Mom's old-fashioned roast (for medium-rare):

For all roasts, coat with flour and season well with salt and pepper. Mom also either adds garlic powder or makes small slits in the roast and inserts garlic slices. She puts fresh rosemary on top. She roasts in a regular baking dish.

Weekday roast: Cook a rump roast for 26 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Weekend roast: Cook sirloin roast for 21 minutes/pound. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Special Occasion Roast: Cook tenderloin roast 21 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil, for 10-20 minutes.

Serve with gravy.

Thank you so much!:goodvibes

[Nancyg56]

Kathy, here, at long last, is the roast recipe:

Mom's old-fashioned roast (for medium-rare):

For all roasts, coat with flour and season well with salt and pepper. Mom also either adds garlic powder or makes small slits in the roast and inserts garlic slices. She puts fresh rosemary on top. She roasts in a regular baking dish.

Weekday roast: Cook a rump roast for 26 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Weekend roast: Cook sirloin roast for 21 minutes/pound. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Special Occasion Roast: Cook tenderloin roast 21 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil, for 10-20 minutes.

Serve with gravy.

Is a weekend roast/sirloin roast a spoon roast?

[nucpharm29]

Last night's dinner was pretty good--I ended up making two totally different things, hoping the kids would eat one. Yeah, right! But we had Fontina and Marscapone Mac and Cheese, and Sriacha Glazed Chicken with Rice.

Today I officially sick--fever, swollen glands, the whole bit!:sick: So no cooking today--I NEED to go to the store b/c we don't even have milk, but we'll see if that even happens

[Mermaid02]

I just put all of the ingredients for chili in my crockpot. I'm working a little late tonight so it will be nice to have it all done when I get home.

I hope you feel better soon Stephanie! Get your self some 7 up or gingerale at the store...we like to mix 7up with cranapple juice when we're sick- my mother always pushed fluids when I was sick....

[THE HAT]

Morning all--

Stephanie--try to take it easy...I know easier said then done, but try, I hope you feel better soon!!

Ross is feeling much better today, still sniffling and such, but no fever, and he has energy....he sounds awful,...and I am sure that he will be tired this afternoon, but still much better then yesterday, amazing what a day on the couch in your pj's can do for you, lol. Kids bounce back so fast!! This is the only his 3rd cold since his T/A in first grade!

I have physical therapy this morning, and then we have parent/teacher conf. this evening. Ross has karate tonight, but we will see how he feels after school if he will go or not. Supper tonight will be something out as we have one meeting at 5:45 with his gifted teacher, and then the other at 6:30 with his reg class teacher. It is chilly, and raining here today, and I would much rather stay in with a cup of tea and a good book, lol.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

[Nancyg56]

Today I officially sick--fever, swollen glands, the whole bit!:sick: So no cooking today--I NEED to go to the store b/c we don't even have milk, but we'll see if that even happens

If you are just out of milk, let it go. If you need something like ginger ale, then that's different. Your family will have no problem with what you have on hand, so take it easy and stay warm. :hug:


Get your self some 7 up or gingerale at the store...we like to mix 7up with cranapple juice when we're sick- my mother always pushed fluids when I was sick....

Us too. Ginger ale and tea was my Mom's remedy.



Ross is feeling much better today, still sniffling and such, but no fever, and he has energy....he sounds awful,...and I am sure that he will be tired this afternoon, but still much better then yesterday, amazing what a day on the couch in your pj's can do for you, lol. Kids bounce back so fast!! This is the only his 3rd cold since his T/A in first grade!



Glad Ross is feeling better. I think it is awfully early for all these colds to be going around :sick:.

[TigerKat]

Good morning!

Steph - Take it easy, hope you start feeling better soon.:hug:

Wendie - Glad to hear Ross is bouncing back!

WFD - Chicken Sausalito, spanish rice and zucchini.

[shovan]

Morning Y'all,

I'm feeling under the weather too. Bad sore throat & sinus drip, my stomach feels kind of funky too. But today is Bob's b-day & he requested grilled ribeyes & baked potato. I have filets in the freezer, but he had to ask for ribeyes, so I've got to go to the grocery.

Stephanie, Take care of yourself!:hug:

Wendie, Good luck at the therapist, I'm sure that's no fun at all! :hug: And with your very busy day!

Have a good day everyone.

Sheryl

[OKWMom]

Mom's old-fashioned roast (for medium-rare):

For all roasts, coat with flour and season well with salt and pepper. Mom also either adds garlic powder or makes small slits in the roast and inserts garlic slices. She puts fresh rosemary on top. She roasts in a regular baking dish.

Weekday roast: Cook a rump roast for 26 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Weekend roast: Cook sirloin roast for 21 minutes/pound. Rest, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes.

Special Occasion Roast: Cook tenderloin roast 21 minutes/pound at 325. Rest, loosely covered with foil, for 10-20 minutes.

Serve with gravy.

Thanks Laura. I printed a copy of this to give it a try. Like Kathy's husband, I prefer my roast to be the sliced type.


I am going to grocery shop in a few minutes. I know if I don't buy stuff now we'll be eating fast food the rest of the week. Thanks for the inspiration menus!

Sorry I couldn't help. I normally plan an entire week's menu, but with the kids not feeling well, I just didn't have time. This week is kind of throw it together at the last minute type of meals.


Today I officially sick--fever, swollen glands, the whole bit!:sick: So no cooking today--I NEED to go to the store b/c we don't even have milk, but we'll see if that even happens

Sorry you are sick. I know it's hard, but try to take care of yourself today.


...we like to mix 7up with cranapple juice when we're sick- my mother always pushed fluids when I was sick....

I've never done that but it sounds good. Maybe I could get the kids to drink it that way.


Ross is feeling much better today, still sniffling and such, but no fever, and he has energy....he sounds awful,...and I am sure that he will be tired this afternoon, but still much better then yesterday, amazing what a day on the couch in your pj's can do for you, lol. Kids bounce back so fast!! This is the only his 3rd cold since his T/A in first grade!


Glad to hear Ross is doing better today.


WFD - Chicken Sausalito, spanish rice and zucchini.

Is the chicken recipe posted? (Not so subtle hint) :goodvibes

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes for the children. Amanda seems fine. Patrick still has a lingering cough but is otherwise ok. Hailey has an ear infection and is now taking antibiotics. I hope we can get it under control before we leave.

Last night's dinner was baked pork chops with brie, steamed green beans, and rice pilaf.

Tonight's dinner will be WW sticky chicken and steamed veggies.

Gretchen

[OKWMom]

Morning Y'all,

I'm feeling under the weather too. Bad sore throat & sinus drip, my stomach feels kind of funky too. But today is Bob's b-day & he requested grilled ribeyes & baked potato. I have filets in the freezer, but he had to ask for ribeyes, so I've got to go to the grocery.


What a good wife you are! I hope you feel better soon.

Happy Birthday to Bob!

[liamandcaili]

Is a weekend roast/sirloin roast a spoon roast?

I'm not sure. :confused3 The sirloin roast is the cut of meat. I've never seen it labeled as anything other than sirloin roast.


Today I officially sick--fever, swollen glands, the whole bit!:sick: So no cooking today--I NEED to go to the store b/c we don't even have milk, but we'll see if that even happens

Take it easy, Stephanie! I'm sure the kids can survive a day without milk.

I'm feeling under the weather too. Bad sore throat & sinus drip, my stomach feels kind of funky too. But today is Bob's b-day & he requested grilled ribeyes & baked potato. I have filets in the freezer, but he had to ask for ribeyes, so I've got to go to the grocery.


Happy birthday to Bob! I hope you feel better.

When we were kids and had colds/fevers, my mom used to make jello mix and have us drink it warm. That was the only good part about being sick.

I'm making pot roast for dinner tonight. Sides will be mashed potatoes, gravy and spinach. I'll also heat up the rest of the chicken and quesadilla leftovers in case the kids won't eat the roast.

[TigerKat]

Morning Y'all,

I'm feeling under the weather too. Bad sore throat & sinus drip, my stomach feels kind of funky too. But today is Bob's b-day & he requested grilled ribeyes & baked potato. I have filets in the freezer, but he had to ask for ribeyes, so I've got to go to the grocery.



:bday: to Bob!!!!



Is the chicken recipe posted? (Not so subtle hint) :goodvibes



No it's not, Id be happy to share it. I's a low fat yummy recipe!! I'll be praying for Hailey.:hug:

Chicken Sausalito

Vegetable cooking spray
4 boneless skinless breasts, cut into cubes
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 Tbsp. flour
1 - 15 oz. can black or red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2/3 c. chopped tomato
2 - 3 Tbsp. salsa
1/2 c. reduced fat sour cream
salt & pepper to taste
3 c. cooked rice
Garnishes: salsa, chopped avocado, sliced green onions and/or finely chopped cilantro or parsley

Spray a large skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot. Saute chicken, onion and garlic until chicken is cooked, five to eight minutes. Sprinkle chicken with flour and cook one minute longer.

Stir in beans, tomato, salsa and sour cream. Cook until hot, one to two minutes. Season to taste with salt & pepper, spoon over rice and garnish.

[Aimeedyan]

Kathy, thanks for the recipe! I was going to ask for it, too ;)

Stephanie and Sheryl - hope you both feel better soon.

No idea what's for dinner. Might bring home something again. *sigh*

[Nancyg56]

SHeryl- Sorry you are not feeling well, this seems to be a rough week for teh WFD's and their families. Wish Bob a big :bday: from me!

Laura- I used to give the kids jello water too. The pediatrician recommended that as a way to get sugar and liquid into them.

Gretchen- better the infections run their course now than the kids fight it off for two weeks and boom! right in time for vacation. I hate to see them sick but sick for a vacation is the pits!

[liamsaunt]

Nancy both of the roasts Laura posted are sliceable roasts. The difference is the cut of meat and therefore the rpice--the sirloin is more $$ per lb. than the rump. By spoon roast do you mean that the meat is so tender you can pull it apart with 2 sppons? If yes, than the closest thing I can think of to that is my Mom's recipe for pot roast. In general, all the meat cooked around here is pretty rare, and so would not be able to be pulled apart. I am sure Laura has the pot roast recipe too if you want it.

Here is a photo of last night's dinner. Pasta with eggplant and mozzarella:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/1881286768_64f69be0a5.jpg

and crusty bread with garlic dipping oil that my Mom made:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2130/1881287440_230285b6d0.jpg

I just got an email from DH that he went to Salt Island last night and had fresh florida grouper--yes his meal sounds better than mine!

Tonight dinner is going to be mushroom soup, and some different kinds of crusty bread from Iggys bakery.

[nucpharm29]

Thanks all for the get well wishes. I think I have the flu--ugh! And to think I scheduled my flu shot for next week. Murphy's law, I suppose. But I'll know for sure tomorrow when I can get in to see my dr. And I did get to the store--it was probably the most uncomfortable trip ever. I know I forgot lots of things, but I got soup and sprite for me and stuff DH can fix for the kidlets tonight.

Sheryl--feel better soon--and you are super woman for cooking all that when you don't feel well. Your DH better really appreciate the food and you!:thumbsup2

[liamandcaili]

I haven't had a chance to post this before now, but I wanted to share the chicken marinade I made Sunday. It's from one of my favorite cookbooks (Grilling: Where There's Smoke There's Flavor) and it was really tasty. I used it for chicken wings, but it would be a good flavoring for any kind of chicken. Oh, and it says spicy, but it isn't hot...just flavorful.

Spicy Lime Chicken Marinade

2 limes, peeled and chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp paprika
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt

Combine lime, garlic, chili powder, paprika, and sugar in a glass or ceramic bowl. Add chicken and marinate for 2 hours or up to 8. Before cooking, sprinkle chicken with salt, then cook chicken accordingly. (Like I said, I used chicken wings -- this marinates 20 wings -- and cooked them under the broiler for about 20 minutes, turning once)

I served them with Creamy Avocado Salsa, which I may have posted before, but it's worth repeating so the recipes are in the same place.

Creamy Avocado Salsa

2 avocados, peeled, halved and pitted
6 scallions, white and light green parts
1 handful cilantro
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
1 c sour cream
salt, black pepper
(I also add one jalapeno pepper, seeds and ribs removed)

Put all ingredients, except salt and pepper, in a food processor or blender and pulse to a smooth puree. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Serve chilled. This can be made one day in advance, if desired, but press plastic wrap directly on salsa to prevent discoloration and store in a lidded container.

[TigerKat]

I'm feeling under the weather too. Bad sore throat & sinus drip, my stomach feels kind of funky too.
Sheryl

I hope you start feeling better soon. I thought I was getting sick this past weekend but thankfully it turned out to be allergies.

I haven't had a chance to post this before now, but I wanted to share the chicken marinade I made Sunday. It's from one of my favorite cookbooks (Grilling: Where There's Smoke There's Flavor) and it was really tasty. I used it for chicken wings, but it would be a good flavoring for any kind of chicken. Oh, and it says spicy, but it isn't hot...just flavorful.


Thanks Laura, this sounds really good!!!!

[Nancyg56]

By spoon roast do you mean that the meat is so tender you can pull it apart with 2 sppons? If yes, than the closest thing I can think of to that is my Mom's recipe for pot roast. In general, all the meat cooked around here is pretty rare, and so would not be able to be pulled apart. I am sure Laura has the pot roast recipe too if you want it.




I think the spoon roast is the sirloin roast, it is not inexpensive, about the same price as sirloin steak. We all like rare roast beef too, except for you know who.....she will have just the veggies unless I cook her some chicken.

[FormrCastMbr]

Hi All!

Just checking in from WDW...we are having a great time!

Went to Universal and Magic Kingdom so far; the parks are empty.

Having food overload too...my sister is here (staying offsite) and we went to Macaroni Grill the first night, then Hard Rock and last night Cali Grill. OMG, that place is GREAT! The other 2 places were good as well.

Going to dinner with Sis again tonight then MGM tomorrow...Mama Melrose.

Sheryl and Stephanie, feel better and whoever else is feeling under the weather.

Happy Birthday Bob!

Kathy, hope your doing good...its gotta be over 3 weeks now. :thumbsup2

SSR is great...too many doors in the 1 bedroom though. I keep getting lost! ;)

I'll check back again soon...going to the pool.

[THE HAT]

Just wanted to pop in and say afternoon, and check on how everyone's day is going.
It is pouring here, and dark like midnight, we have thunderstorm and high wind warnings until 6pm. I hope it blows the rest of the leaves off of my trees out front, so I can have the yard guy come and clean it up finally, lol. We have 2 trees outback that stay green until Thanksgiving and then they fall, it is very odd, we can't rake those up until spring as we have snow on the ground before they drop, lol.

Ross just got home from school, and like I thought, he is tired, but says he feels pretty good, just an awful runny nose, yuck, lol. He doesn't have a cough so that is good, I just hope it doesn't go to his sinuses he has terrible issues with that, he takes after me on that one.
He wants to go to karate, and since he has no fever and feels ok, I will let him. This week they are getting ready for the huge skirmish that is on Sunday...It is Ross' favorite, there are 2 events....sumo and grappeling...last year he placed 2nd in grappeling, and won 1st in sumo, he was the yuko zumo sumo champion and walked away with a HUGE trophy cup, and was interviewed on the news, lol. We have already had the talk about not expecting it to happen again, be prepared etc.

P/T was hard and odd, lol...hard, just cause it hurts like heck and odd because they put my arm in this machine that is full of ground up corn cobs, and is heated to 102 and it swirls all around your arm. It felt like being put in a sandblaster, it is to warm up the wrist before doing the p/t, and also it breaks down scar tissue? it was very odd, can't wait to see the bill on that one...thank god we have outstanding insurance, lol.

Kathy-- I am sorry your allergies are giving you some trouble, but I am glad you didn't get sick!!

Stephanie--don't worry about what you forgot at the store, let us know what you find out at the Dr's. Like the others have said lots and lots of fluids!!

Sheryl-- Please tell Bob I said Happy Birthday as well!! Don't push to hard on making his meal, try to get some rest.

Gretchen-- I hope the kiddo's are feeling better soon!! Like Nancy said we never want to see them sick, but better now then on vacation!

I wonder if it is a New England thing as warm jello is what I grew up on having when I was sick as well, and I made Ross some yesterday. That and tea with honey and lemon. (and ahem whiskey for the adults, lol)


Wow I sure had a chatty moment, lol
Have a great afternoon all!

[TigerKat]

SSR is great...too many doors in the 1 bedroom though. I keep getting lost! ;)

I'll check back again soon...going to the pool.

That's my girl!!!!:lmao:

[FormrCastMbr]

That's my girl!!!!:lmao:

Another Lauren moment would be me yelling to BIL who was golfing right outside our balcony. I think the whole complex heard me. I can be so whiskey tango at times. :upsidedow

[TigerKat]

Another Lauren moment would be me yelling to BIL who was golfing right outside our balcony. I think the whole complex heard me. I can be so whiskey tango at times. :upsidedow

And that would be why I love ya!!!!!

[HERSEY]

Sorry to hear about so many people not feelling well.

Lauren Glad to hear you are having a great time at SSR we had a great stay there. I didn't get lost once of course we were in a studio.;)

Tonight we are having chicken tortilla soup. Winter has befallen us. It supposed to get down into the 20's not a far drop from the 30's now.

Sheryl Happy birthday to Bob. I hope you start feeling better.

Wendy It's strange the equipment that the PT'S use. Make sure you are securely sitted when you look at the bill.

Ok off to heat up the soup and finish my computer work so I can watch Dancing tonight.

[TigerKat]

Wendie - Glad to hear Ross is doing better. That P/T sounded strange to me, and like Janice said I'd be prepared for quite a bill. Good thing you guys have good insurance.:goodvibes

[Aimeedyan]

We ended up with take and bake pizza from Kroger tonight. It was actually pretty tasty!

[Zandy595]

Good morning everyone. Last night we had bbq pork chops, fries, and corn (boring).

It's going to be a little cool here today so I'm making chili. This is our first cold front. It's 64 now and a high of 76 (normal is around 80). That's actually a little too cold for me. At least it's bright and sunny though. :sunny: :cool2:

[OKWMom]

Chicken Sausalito


That looks really good! I've printed it and plan on putting it in the rotation. However, I'll have to wait a little while. I didn't fool Kenny at call with the Spanish (mexican) chicken. He took two bites and knew. :laughing:

Gretchen- better the infections run their course now than the kids fight it off for two weeks and boom! right in time for vacation. I hate to see them sick but sick for a vacation is the pits!

You're right, we went one year and had one sick child at the beginning of the week. By the end of the week, all of the children were sick and two of the adults. :sad2:

Spicy Lime Chicken Marinade


Creamy Avocado Salsa



Both of these look good! I've printed them for my file.


It is pouring here, and dark like midnight, we have thunderstorm and high wind warnings until 6pm. I hope it blows the rest of the leaves off of my trees out front, so I can have the yard guy come and clean it up finally, lol. We have 2 trees outback that stay green until Thanksgiving and then they fall, it is very odd, we can't rake those up until spring as we have snow on the ground before they drop, lol.


Wow. We may get snow once every 7-10 years so I have never thought about leaves, etc. I've especially not ever thought about having snow before Thanksgiving. Last year was a particularly cold Thanksgiving for us, but normally, we are in jeans and short sleeves, but it has been warm enough for shorts.

Another Lauren moment would be me yelling to BIL who was golfing right outside our balcony. I think the whole complex heard me. I can be so whiskey tango at times. :upsidedow

:rotfl: :rotfl: Oh Lauren, I was dying laughing as I read this. I'm glad you are having a great time. Isn't the hot tub in the 1BR units wonderful?


Wendy It's strange the equipment that the PT'S use. Make sure you are securely sitted when you look at the bill.


:lmao: :lmao: That is the truth! We have had some doozies from Hailey's various therapies. But part of it is that once a company finds out a product has theraputic value, they will triple the price. I found a case of massagers for $3 each wholesale (lady bugs, etc. used by kids with sensory dysfunction). And then when I looked it up in the therapy catalog, the EXACT same massager was $36. I kid you not. Talk about price gouging. :mad: I ordered four cases and left them at the OT's office for the other parents who were thrilled to be able to get them for $3 each.


Good morning everyone. Last night we had bbq pork chops, fries, and corn (boring).


Sandy, that is just the kind of meal my kids prefer. They would rather have "plain food" instead of the "fancy stuff".

Tonight's dinner is porcupine meatballs with vodka sauce. I haven't tried this yet so I hope it will be good. I have a meeting today with a representative of the Medicaid department to determine if Hailey is still eligible (meaning still disabled). She told me she would be there at 2:30 and when I asked if there was another time or day available, she was quite rude and said if I wanted Hailey to get Medicaid, I needed to make that time work. She called yesterday, so I had less than 24 hours notice and was thinking Hailey doesn't feel like being examined by anyone while sick, but this woman didn't really care.

This is mean of me, but I hope she catches the cold running through my house. It would serve her right. (I know, I'm a horrible person for thinking it.)

Have a great day everyone.

Gretchen

[Zandy595]

This is mean of me, but I hope she catches the cold running through my house. It would serve her right. (I know, I'm a horrible person for thinking it.)You're not a horrible person, I'd be thinking the same thing. ;) Hope everyone is feeling better soon. :hug:

[TigerKat]

Just a quick check-in....my internet has been down at home since last night.

Dinner tonight - Oven BBQ country style ribs with SBR, smothered potatoes and corn.

Hopefully I'll be able to chat and catch up later!

[Glynis]

Dinner tonight will be chicken satay, if I can make it to the store for some gingerroot.

I'm hoping that it will break through this blasted cold that I have! I'm hating it!!! I just don't have time to be sick. Hopefully, it will run it's course and leave me alone by this weekend.

[Nancyg56]

Good Morning All!

I hope that all of you who are sick or have sick little ones at home feel better soon, except over at Gretchen's. Gotta have the sniffles, sneezes and coughs just a little longer.....long enough to create an infestation of that little bug in that social workers home! Then well wishes coming your way as well. She is darn lucky that you are easy going, I have been testy lately and I know that it is wrong but If I am going be be in a bad mood and someone is being unreasonable I simply channel that mood and somehow that person sees the error of their way :rolleyes1.

Sandy- Marisa called to tell me your high temperature today and that 76 and cold should not be in the same sentence :lmao::lmao::lmao:

Kathy- Don't you hate it when your internet goes down? I could stand not having a car more than I can stand having no WFD :eek:

Lauren-:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Last night we went shopping and planned on bringing something home but ended up eating what we had in the house. Chicken sandwiches and chips :thumbsup2

Tonight I have a bone in roast pork that I am cooking dutch oven style with potatoes, carrots and turnips. French bread and a cucumber salad on the side.

[Zandy595]

Sandy- Marisa called to tell me your high temperature today and that 76 and cold should not be in the same sentence :lmao::lmao::lmao::laughing: It is for south FL. I'm cold if it dips below 78. Everyone thinks I'm crazy. I have to say I'm MUCH happier living in FL:sunny: than I was in NY:cold: .

[Aimeedyan]

Kroger had NY Strip steaks on sale for $3.99 a pound so I bought some last night - they are DH's fave cut. When he spotted them, he decided we need to have two for dinner tonight and freeze the rest.

We're going to have loaded mashed potatos and brocolli/cheese with it. YUM

[TigerKat]

I'm hoping that it will break through this blasted cold that I have! I'm hating it!!! I just don't have time to be sick. Hopefully, it will run it's course and leave me alone by this weekend.

Hopefullly you'll be feeling better soon!:hug:




This is mean of me, but I hope she catches the cold running through my house. It would serve her right. (I know, I'm a horrible person for thinking it.)

Have a great day everyone.

Gretchen

Not mean at all my dear. What a witch!:sad2:


Kathy- Don't you hate it when your internet goes down? I could stand not having a car more than I can stand having no WFD :eek:



I'd trade my car for my internet in a heartbeat!:laughing:

[nucpharm29]

Just a quick post from me--just got back from the Dr. not too long ago,a nd the good news is that I don't have the Flu. Bad news is I have strep with a nice side of acute tonsilitis. Ugh! Today is DS's bday and we get to celebrate with mommy laid up in bed. Pray that these antibiotics start working soon!

[shovan]

Afternoon Y'all,

I've been taking it easy this morning trying to get better. Got Bob off & went back to bed. Just need to get Alexis when school is out. I'm feeling a bit better after getting some rest. But DD has a big event with her work tonight ( Miss Planet Beach Intnt. Contest )& she would like us to come. I just don't know if I'm up to an event that doesn't start until 8:00! While DD put everything together & she will only introduce the contestants. I just don't know if I can get it together enough to get dressed up & go out that late. Ugh.:sad1:

THANKS EVERYONE!!!!! For the well wishes & b-day wishes for Bob.:grouphug: Bob really enjoyed his dinner & appreciated it extra much cus he knew I felt sick. His comment after dinner was "It's a good life, no, It's a good Wife!":love: I grilled the ribeyes I had marinated, baked potatoes, broccoli sauteed with garlic & cherry tomatoes. I also made a cognac cream sauce for the steak. Sam's had blackberries yesterday, so I made a sauce to put on top of vanilla ice cream. Sorry I didn't take any pics, I was feeling pretty bad by the time I was finished cooking.

Stephanie, So sorry you've got the flu!!! Have the family take care of you now! You work so hard all the time, it's time for them to coddle you! :hug:

Lauren, So glad you're having a great time! Eat & drink some for us! :goodvibes Glad to hear SSR is good too. During our F&W trip, we checked out SSR & OKW, both are very nice. We did decide to change our upcoming trip from OKW to SSR this time.

Sheryl

[THE HAT]

Good afternoon all!!

P/T conf. went amazing last night....Ross sometimes scares us with how smart he is, lol. He had straight A's and one B+, (that was in science and their whole grade was based on 1 test that he flipped flopped 2 answers on, and didn't double check, lol) The only issue we had is he (ahem) talks to much in class, lol...hmm wonder where he gets that from,;) He was beating himself up about the B+ though so we had to help him on that one a bit. We also got the test results back from the NWEA testing (this is country wide so some of you might have heard of it) and I do have to brag a bit, as the princepal himself was there to give us Ross' results as he was so impressed with his scores, Ross rocked these!! His scores were off the chart. So he kind of forgot about his B+ once he saw these, lol.

Sandy--I had to laugh, as your low is sometimes our summer high in temps,lol! In fact we just had some spitting snow about 20 min. ago!

Gretchen--You are not horrible for thinking it, what a rude person, I'll be thinking right along with you that she catches it as well!! It is all about karma! Let us know how you make out with her.

Aimee-- we love those steaks too. I just made them the other night, mmmm!

Lauren--you my friend, are a hoot!! Nothing wrong with having a bit of whiskey tango in you, it is what makes life fun, I have been known to show a few moments of that myself at times, lol!!

Kathy--I am with you as well, I HATE when my internet is down, take my car, leave my internet!

Glynis--I hope you can get over this darn cold soon too!! I wish that we could get over them as fast as our kids do, lol. Ross is still sniffling and sneezing, but his energy is just fine,lol.

Stephanie-- Happy b-day to your DS!!!!!! I hope that the meds start kicking in fast! Take it easy and don't push, it will just take longer to get back on your feet if you do!

Sheryl--AWWW Bob is such a sweetie! You are an amazing wife to put on such a spread, and feel like you do! I am sure that your daughter will understand that you just can't make it tonight. By 8pm you should be in your jammies sleeping. Get some rest, and keep us posted as to how you are feeling!

Wish I was closer to all who are sick so I could just jump around and help out!

I have no real idea as to wfd, as I only took out pork chops, and never thought of sides, or what to even do with the pork. I might be lazy and just shake and bake them,lol.

Ross just came in, so I will go see how his day went! Hope all of yours is going great too!

[TigerKat]

Just a quick post from me--just got back from the Dr. not too long ago,a nd the good news is that I don't have the Flu. Bad news is I have strep with a nice side of acute tonsilitis. Ugh! Today is DS's bday and we get to celebrate with mommy laid up in bed. Pray that these antibiotics start working soon!

I'll be praying for you Steph, take care of yourself. :bday: to DS!!!!!



His comment after dinner was "It's a good life, no, It's a good Wife!":love: I grilled the ribeyes I had marinated, baked potatoes, broccoli sauteed with garlic & cherry tomatoes. I also made a cognac cream sauce for the steak. Sam's had blackberries yesterday, so I made a sauce to put on top of vanilla ice cream. Sorry I didn't take any pics, I was feeling pretty bad by the time I was finished cooking.



You're very lucky to have such an appreciative hubby. :goodvibes Please take care of yourself and get well soon.



P/T conf. went amazing last night....Ross sometimes scares us with how smart he is, lol.



Way to go Ross!! Let him know "Aunt Kathy" is very proud of him.:thumbsup2


Looks like my internet is back, not sure for how long. I saw a cable truck pass by a few minutes ago.:rolleyes1

[Zandy595]

party: :bday: Happy Birthday to Stephanie's Son!

Stephanie ~ I hope you're feeling better soon. :hug:

Sheryl ~ Wow, you really are a good wife to make such a meal when you're not feeling well. I'm sure your DD will understand if you're not feeling up to going out tonight. Get well soon. :hug: Happy belated birthday to your DH.

Wendie ~ :thumbsup2 for Ross!

[Nancyg56]

Just a quick post from me--just got back from the Dr. not too long ago,a nd the good news is that I don't have the Flu. Bad news is I have strep with a nice side of acute tonsilitis. Ugh! Today is DS's bday and we get to celebrate with mommy laid up in bed. Pray that these antibiotics start working soon!

I have lots to say but I wanted to wish you son a very :bday::cake::cheer2:

Get well soon!

[5/4Disney]

Ladies,

I was looking for something for dinner while I waited for the final results of the moms panel and stumbled upon your thread. It looks like we have a bunch of good cooks here. I must say that I am from the south and I can tell which of you are also. (I've been told by family in Wisc that we cook different things, I guess they're somewhat right) It was super fun reading what you all eat and thanks for some ideas. I'll be sure to check back.
Hope those of you who are sick feel better soon!
Anyone apply for or make it to the finals of the moms panel?
Julie

[Nancyg56]

Kroger had NY Strip steaks on sale for $3.99 a pound so I bought some last night - they are DH's fave cut. When he spotted them, he decided we need to have two for dinner tonight and freeze the rest.


I thought that I got a great deal last Sunday but this really has mine beat.



P/T conf. went amazing last night....Ross sometimes scares us with how smart he is, lol. He had straight A's and one B+, (that was in science and their whole grade was based on 1 test that he flipped flopped 2 answers on, and didn't double check, lol) The only issue we had is he (ahem) talks to much in class, lol...hmm wonder where he gets that from,;) He was beating himself up about the B+ though so we had to help him on that one a bit. We also got the test results back from the NWEA testing (this is country wide so some of you might have heard of it) and I do have to brag a bit, as the princepal himself was there to give us Ross' results as he was so impressed with his scores, Ross rocked these!! His scores were off the chart. So he kind of forgot about his B+ once he saw these, lol.




:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2: Good for Ross!!!!! My sister was like him, had to have straight A's or she was disappointed in herself. She is one of the smartest and focused people I know. Ross' work ethic is going to take him to great places. Now as to the talking.........That is a complaint I am so used to...:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

Ladies,

I was looking for something for dinner while I waited for the final results of the moms panel and stumbled upon your thread.

It was super fun reading what you all eat and thanks for some ideas. I'll be sure to check back.
Hope those of you who are sick feel better soon!
Anyone apply for or make it to the finals of the moms panel?
Julie

Welcome to our little bunch! All of the recipes are on the front page so they are not lost in the chatter, and we do seem to chatter a little :rolleyes1.
Please feel free to jump in and share your menus and any recipes, we love to have them. Did you make the Mom's panel?


ETA: dinner was very good tonight. I went to Stew Leonards Sunday and this is my new favorite place to buy meat. I never buy a bone in pork roast becasue they have not been so good lately. The butchering has looked, well, butchered. This was cut right and tasted like I remembered that it was supposed to taste. I was also able to find "naked" meat for only about 40 cents a pound more than teh "all natural" and that price was lower then the grocery stores around me and at least as low as Costco.

Now I am patiently waiting for room to be created becasue I made Kathy's warm winter cake and it looks yummy.

[TigerKat]

Now I am patiently waiting for room to be created becasue I made Kathy's warm winter cake and it looks yummy.

I'd love to take credit for it Nan, but it's Glynis' recipe. I've made it so many times you probably thought it was mine.:lmao: It's THAT GOOD!!!!:thumbsup2

[liamandcaili]

Stephanie -- Happy birthday to your son! I'm glad you don't have the flu. Hopefully, the antibiotics will kick in and you'll feel a lot better tomorrow.

Wendie -- Kudos to Ross! :thumbsup2 You must be so proud.

Sandy -- Right now, my house is a balmy 65 degrees. I plan to turn the thermostat down to 60 shortly. It was 58 in the house one morning...now that was a little chilly. ;)

I hope everyone else who has been not feeling well is starting to improve. It is so early, but it seems like half the kids I see have nasty coughs, drippy noses, etc. Liam told me today that he thinks he is getting a cold because he has a little sore throat. I hope he is wrong!

Dinner tonight was pasta with tomato sauce, spinach bread and salad.

[OKWMom]

Just a quick post from me--just got back from the Dr. not too long ago,a nd the good news is that I don't have the Flu. Bad news is I have strep with a nice side of acute tonsilitis. Ugh! Today is DS's bday and we get to celebrate with mommy laid up in bed. Pray that these antibiotics start working soon!

Happy Birthday to your son! I hope you get to feeling better. Strep is horrible.


I'm hoping that it will break through this blasted cold that I have! I'm hating it!!! I just don't have time to be sick. Hopefully, it will run it's course and leave me alone by this weekend.

I hope you feel better soon (and hope the children don't get it).

Bob really enjoyed his dinner & appreciated it extra much cus he knew I felt sick. His comment after dinner was "It's a good life, no, It's a good Wife!":love:

What a sweet husband. It's nice to be appreciated. :goodvibes


P/T conf. went amazing last night....Ross sometimes scares us with how smart he is, lol. He had straight A's and one B+, (that was in science and their whole grade was based on 1 test that he flipped flopped 2 answers on, and didn't double check, lol) The only issue we had is he (ahem) talks to much in class, lol...hmm wonder where he gets that from,;) He was beating himself up about the B+ though so we had to help him on that one a bit. We also got the test results back from the NWEA testing (this is country wide so some of you might have heard of it) and I do have to brag a bit, as the princepal himself was there to give us Ross' results as he was so impressed with his scores, Ross rocked these!! His scores were off the chart. So he kind of forgot about his B+ once he saw these, lol.


Congrats to Ross for a wonderful report card.


Looks like my internet is back, not sure for how long. I saw a cable truck pass by a few minutes ago.:rolleyes1

Sounds like our cable company. They cut the phone line when running new cable down our street. :sad2:

Ladies,

I was looking for something for dinner while I waited for the final results of the moms panel and stumbled upon your thread. It looks like we have a bunch of good cooks here. I must say that I am from the south and I can tell which of you are also. (I've been told by family in Wisc that we cook different things, I guess they're somewhat right) It was super fun reading what you all eat and thanks for some ideas. I'll be sure to check back.
Hope those of you who are sick feel better soon!
Anyone apply for or make it to the finals of the moms panel?
Julie

WELCOME Julie!!!! Come back and post often. We are a friendly (and quite chatty) group.


Now I am patiently waiting for room to be created becasue I made Kathy's warm winter cake and it looks yummy.

But Nancy dear, dessert is a whole separate part of the stomach. You should always have room for dessert, especially one which sounds so very good. ;)


Sandy -- Right now, my house is a balmy 65 degrees. I plan to turn the thermostat down to 60 shortly. It was 58 in the house one morning...now that was a little chilly. ;)


Brrrrr Laura. I would be freezing. This southern girl keeps the house no less than 68 degrees.

[Nancyg56]

Sorry Kathy, I thought it was yours, and you are so right...it is really good! I told my aunt that I was going to make it an she asked me when I was coming back :lmao::lmao::lmao:. It is he favorite :thumbsup2

Laura- I hope that Liam does not get that cold, it is nasty. I think that it has hit almost everyone lately :sad2:

[Zandy595]

Sandy -- Right now, my house is a balmy 65 degrees. I plan to turn the thermostat down to 60 shortly. It was 58 in the house one morning...now that was a little chilly. ;)

Laura ~ I'd freeze to death in your house! I turn the heat on when it gets down to 72 in our house. Even at 72 I can't stand it and wrap myself in my electric throw. I'm miserable when I'm cold.

[TigerKat]

Good morning ladies!

I hope everyone who was under the weather is feeling better today.:hug:

WFD - Hamburger stroganoff, noodles and beet salad.

Have a great day.:goodvibes

[THE HAT]

Morning all--

I know that we have raised Ross to be a kind and sharing child, BUT he did not have to go so far as to share his cold with me,lol...yep I woke up with it this morning...blah! I am heading back to bed now that he is off to school.

WFD--Ross wants a burger and cukes after karate, and I think I will want nyquil,lol. Kris will eat at a meeting he has tonight.

Have a great day all!

[Nancyg56]

Wendie- I hope that you feel better soon.

I have not planned dinner tonight. We were planning to go to the new Cabelas store but now I am not sure we going to. I'll figure out the meal if we end up staying home.

[5/4Disney]

Thanks for the nice Welcome ladies!!!

No, I did not make it all the way to the panel. I was booted out after the second round. We did have 6 DISers make it though. The entire things was a blast and I would do it again. My family really thinks I'm a Disney nerd now!

For dinner we are having homemade chicken pot pie (I'll have to make a small pot of chicken noodle soup for my middle daughter she won't eat the pot pie) I will make her take a no thank you bite though. Anyone else have picky eaters? I've heard it takes 15 times for a child to try something new before you can say they really don't like it.
Julie

[TigerKat]

I know that we have raised Ross to be a kind and sharing child, BUT he did not have to go so far as to share his cold with me,lol...yep I woke up with it this morning...blah! I am heading back to bed now that he is off to school.



I'm starting to think this thread is spreading germs!:scared1: Seriously, take care of yourself, my friend.:hug:

Thanks for the nice Welcome ladies!!!



http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i300/TigerKat_2006/welcome2-1.gif to Julie!!!! I look forward to sharing recipes with you.

[Glynis]

Wendie- I hope that you feel better soon.

I have not planned dinner tonight. We were planning to go to the new Cabelas store but now I am not sure we going to. I'll figure out the meal if we end up staying home.

WE LOVE CABELAS!!!!! The newest Cabelas opened not 10 miles from our house about a year ago! It's my husband's Mecca! He is a hunter/fisher, so it's made Christmas shopping for him so easy!!! My kids love the aquarium, and we'll go down there periodically to watch them feed the fish, and then eat in the cafe. It's so much fun!!!

[Glynis]

Thanks for the nice Welcome ladies!!!

No, I did not make it all the way to the panel. I was booted out after the second round. We did have 6 DISers make it though. The entire things was a blast and I would do it again. My family really thinks I'm a Disney nerd now!

For dinner we are having homemade chicken pot pie (I'll have to make a small pot of chicken noodle soup for my middle daughter she won't eat the pot pie) I will make her take a no thank you bite though. Anyone else have picky eaters? I've heard it takes 15 times for a child to try something new before you can say they really don't like it.
Julie

Hi, Julie!!! Welcome to our foodie family!

I have picky eaters, as well. We made a rule before we even had kids that we would have them eat as many bites as they are old. Since it's been a rule from the beginning, they don't fight me on it. They take their bites, and if they honestly don't like the dinner, they know where the peanut butter and jelly are kept. I have found that my oldest daughter (10 years old), now doesn't fight me at all. Her tastes are maturing, and she willingly tries new things. The other kids aren't there, yet, but they do take their bites before turning up their noses! Case in point, last night I made chicken satay with a peanut dipping sauce. They each tried their bites, and half of them decided they didn't like the sauce, but they loved the marinade on the chicken. So, I call that a win/win!

[Glynis]

Dinner tonight is kind of up in the air. It's Jacob's birthday and he requested teriyaki salmon. That's fine with me, however, Leslie woke up this morning with a very high fever, so I don't know if I'll be able to get to the store to pick up the salmon. So, I may have to do the salmon another night, and go with spaghetti instead. Hopefully, Jacob will be understanding. We are going to have birthday cake, and Alan will pick up some ice cream on his way home.

[5/4Disney]

Hi, Julie!!! Welcome to our foodie family!

I have picky eaters, as well. We made a rule before we even had kids that we would have them eat as many bites as they are old. Since it's been a rule from the beginning, they don't fight me on it. They take their bites, and if they honestly don't like the dinner, they know where the peanut butter and jelly are kept. I have found that my oldest daughter (10 years old), now doesn't fight me at all. Her tastes are maturing, and she willingly tries new things. The other kids aren't there, yet, but they do take their bites before turning up their noses! Case in point, last night I made chicken satay with a peanut dipping sauce. They each tried their bites, and half of them decided they didn't like the sauce, but they loved the marinade on the chicken. So, I call that a win/win!

I second you on that our DD9 will try just about anything now without complaining, but our DD 6 NO WAY, our DS 3 will eat anything as long as he doesn't hear his sisters complain. Once he hears them say Yuck, it's all over. So we have a rule keep your comments to yourself, everyone has different taste buds!! This works (most of the time)
Julie

[cajunmommy]

I have not planned dinner tonight. We were planning to go to the new Cabelas store but now I am not sure we going to. I'll figure out the meal if we end up staying home.

A Cabela's just opened less than 10 minutes from our house at the beginning of October! Needless to say DH was like a kid at Christmas. He had the big Cabelas catalog out everynight for a week. I'm not sure if he was checking prices to see if they would be the same in the store, or just making a really BIG list! We were there twice opening weekend. It is across the highway from a newly expanded outlet mall, so I guess it's only fair we give the guys equal time! The kids did get a kick out of all the exotic wildlife displays.

WFD tonight....Hmmm...leftover buffet....chili & cornbread, chicken & sausage jambalaya, or Glynis' crockpot Chicken & Dumplings.

Glynis - I did have a question about your Chx & Dumpling recipe. If I recall, it called for 2 cans of refrigerator biscuits. What size can do you use? I doubled the recipe you had posted, but only used 1 can of the smaller size biscuits (I think 10/can).

Hope everyone kicks the crud that seems to be making its way around. Off to wash my hands.....;) :rotfl:

[liamandcaili]

Wendie -- I'm sorry you're sick now too. I think Kathy is right, we are somehow spreading germs here! Get better soon.

Glynis -- Happy Birthday to Jacob!

Anyone else have picky eaters? I've heard it takes 15 times for a child to try something new before you can say they really don't like it.
Julie

Welcome Julie! My two can be picky sometimes, but I have a new trick. I recently discovered that if I serve everything family style so they can choose what to put on their plates and in what quantities, they try a lot more things than if I plate the food for them.

I have leftovers from the pot roast the other night that I am considering turning into a shepherd's pie...I really can't explain why I feel like doing this because shepherd's pie reminds me of my grade school cafeteria. The menu may change.

[5/4Disney]

Wendie -- I'm sorry you're sick now too. I think Kathy is right, we are somehow spreading germs here! Get better soon.

Glynis -- Happy Birthday to Jacob!



Welcome Julie! My two can be picky sometimes, but I have a new trick. I recently discovered that if I serve everything family style so they can choose what to put on their plates and in what quantities, they try a lot more things than if I plate the food for them.

I have leftovers from the pot roast the other night that I am considering turning into a shepherd's pie...I really can't explain why I feel like doing this because shepherd's pie reminds me of my grade school cafeteria. The menu may change.

Thanks Laura, I'll remember that. I know my oldest likes to do this she calls it "Little House on the Prairie Style" too funny some of the things they come up with.

[OKWMom]

Morning all--

I know that we have raised Ross to be a kind and sharing child, BUT he did not have to go so far as to share his cold with me,lol...yep I woke up with it this morning...blah! I am heading back to bed now that he is off to school.


Hope you get to feeling better. Hailey shared hers with me. I'm just back from the doctor after trying to deny for the past three days that I was getting sick (you know, it isn't real unless you acknowledge it). Anyway, I have bronchitis and have to pick up my prescription in an hour or so.



No, I did not make it all the way to the panel. I was booted out after the second round. We did have 6 DISers make it though. The entire things was a blast and I would do it again. My family really thinks I'm a Disney nerd now!


Aren't we all Disney nerds here?


I'm starting to think this thread is spreading germs!:scared1:

:lmao: :lmao:

Dinner tonight is kind of up in the air. It's Jacob's birthday and he requested teriyaki salmon. That's fine with me, however, Leslie woke up this morning with a very high fever, so I don't know if I'll be able to get to the store to pick up the salmon. So, I may have to do the salmon another night, and go with spaghetti instead. Hopefully, Jacob will be understanding. We are going to have birthday cake, and Alan will pick up some ice cream on his way home.

Happy Birthday to Jacob! I'm sure he will be understanding about the salmon. I hope since you didn't mention feeling poorly that you are better.


A Cabela's just opened less than 10 minutes from our house at the beginning of October! Needless to say DH was like a kid at Christmas. He had the big Cabelas catalog out everynight for a week. I'm not sure if he was checking prices to see if they would be the same in the store, or just making a really BIG list! We were there twice opening weekend. It is across the highway from a newly expanded outlet mall, so I guess it's only fair we give the guys equal time! The kids did get a kick out of all the exotic wildlife displays.

Hope everyone kicks the crud that seems to be making its way around. Off to wash my hands.....;) :rotfl:

We don't have a Cabela's near us. Patrick (DS) isn't really a shopper, but I would probably have to have a crowbar and some TNT to get him out of there. The last catalog he received was dog-eared from hours upon hours of wishful longing.


I have leftovers from the pot roast the other night that I am considering turning into a shepherd's pie...I really can't explain why I feel like doing this because shepherd's pie reminds me of my grade school cafeteria.

:lmao: :lmao:
Maybe you're just having childhood flashbacks. ;)

I have no idea what we are doing for dinner tonight. The meatballs last night were good, but I cooked them too long and I didn't care for the sauce. Next time, less time in the oven and a different gravy.

Tonight was supposed to be a peanut chicken with fettucine. We'll see if I'm up to it or if I can convince Kenny I'm just too weak to cook. ;)

The social worker visit went well yesterday. She was nice once she got here and actually had some autism knowledge which is a welcome change from most of the state employees I've had to deal with. She asked intelligent questions and was complimentary of Hailey's therapy programs. She was surprised that an autistic child with DD's current functioning level could be so social and fit into a family unit. She said most of the children she sees at that level are tearing the families apart because their behaviors are so difficult to manage. I told her that DD had been receiving therapy for almost 8 years. At the end of the meeting she said that it was a shame that all the autistic children couldn't receive similar therapy.

Have a great day everyone.

Gretchen

[TigerKat]

Hailey shared hers with me. I'm just back from the doctor after trying to deny for the past three days that I was getting sick (you know, it isn't real unless you acknowledge it). Anyway, I have bronchitis and have to pick up my prescription in an hour or so.


The social worker visit went well yesterday. She was nice once she got here and actually had some autism knowledge which is a welcome change from most of the state employees I've had to deal with. She asked intelligent questions and was complimentary of Hailey's therapy programs. She was surprised that an autistic child with DD's current functioning level could be so social and fit into a family unit. She said most of the children she sees at that level are tearing the families apart because their behaviors are so difficult to manage. I told her that DD had been receiving therapy for almost 8 years. At the end of the meeting she said that it was a shame that all the autistic children couldn't receive similar therapy.



Now you're sick too????? This thread is infested!!!:rotfl2:

I'm so happy things went well with the social worker yesterday. You are very blessed to have the quality therapists that you have. I can't wait to meet Hailey!!

[Aimeedyan]

Welcome Julie! :cool1:

Tonight we are going out for mexican with a bunch of friends to celebrate someone's birthday. I keep teetering back and forth on whether to go but it's really important to DH that I go... I've got myself so stressed about Sun that my Crohns is starting to flare =( We are doubling the steroids and my immune suppressant to hold it at bay until after the weekend. I see the doc Tues so we'll see what else I need to do. So FRUSTRATING!!!! We are going to split something as I can't eat much right now. DH thinks that hanging out with friends will get my mind off it for awhile, though it also means missing Ugly Betty and Greys :laughing:

I was OOT in a meeting most of the day but opted to come home instead of into the office when I finished. I need a break to rest a little at home - of course my cell rang every 20 min anyways :rolleyes: So many things to get done before Sun.

[5/4Disney]

Welcome Julie! :cool1:

Tonight we are going out for mexican with a bunch of friends to celebrate someone's birthday. I keep teetering back and forth on whether to go but it's really important to DH that I go... I've got myself so stressed about Sun that my Crohns is starting to flare =( We are doubling the steroids and my immune suppressant to hold it at bay until after the weekend. I see the doc Tues so we'll see what else I need to do. So FRUSTRATING!!!! We are going to split something as I can't eat much right now. DH thinks that hanging out with friends will get my mind off it for awhile, though it also means missing Ugly Betty and Greys :laughing:

I was OOT in a meeting most of the day but opted to come home instead of into the office when I finished. I need a break to rest a little at home - of course my cell rang every 20 min anyways :rolleyes: So many things to get done before Sun.

Thanks for the welcome, have fun eating your mexican food. I see your from Tx also where you guys going? We've found some really good family owned places lately and they are great, we really like the fact that there's not much of a wait and since we have 3 kidos that's a plus. Hope you feel better soon.
Julie

[shovan]

Hi Y'all,

No cooking here today. Still feeling funky. Bob's bringing home a muffaletta for dinner.

Thanks everyone for the nice words about my sweet DH & for me cooking for him! Y'all are all so sweet!:goodvibes

Sorry that everyone here seems to be getting sick! Are we spreading it?;)

Gretchen, Really sorry to hear you've got it now too. :sad1: Glad that the social worker's visit went well after all.

Stephanie, Strep is bad, but I'd say it's better than the flu. The meds usually work for it. Hope they work for you really quickly!:hug:

Welcome Julie! :goodvibes We can always use another Southern gal on our thread! (one of my best cajun recipes came from one of your neighbors, TxTink!)

Here's something good I want to share with y'all! A lot has happened this week on the bathroom, the tile is going up & much quicker than I thought it would! It's looking better than I could have imagined!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p289/bshovan/House%20Remodeling%20Pics/100_1961.jpg

Have a good evening friends!
Sheryl

[HERSEY]

Hello everyone I missed you all. I been battling my computer. My virus protection and my firewall was preventing me from emailing. I hate not being able to figure things out. I had to resort to the Help menu on the computer which is only helpful if you know what you are doing in the first place.

Alex left his cold hanging around and I must have picked it up. I'm afraid I'm joining the sickies. :confused3

Tonight we are having a bertolli and garlic bread night. I think a hot bath and a hot toddy are also on the menu ;)

[TigerKat]

I've got myself so stressed about Sun that my Crohns is starting to flare it also means missing Ugly Betty and Greys :laughing:



We are here for you Aimee, you're going to do fine.:hug: I don't watch Ugly Betty, but I'll be watching Grey's....:cloud9:

Hello everyone I missed you all. I been battling my computer. My virus protection and my firewall was preventing me from emailing. I hate not being able to figure things out. I had to resort to the Help menu on the computer which is only helpful if you know what you are doing in the first place.

Alex left his cold hanging around and I must have picked it up. I'm afraid I'm joining the sickies. :confused3



Oh Janice, you poor thing, it's one thing to be sick but right after battling computer problems....:crazy2: Get well soon!!!!!

[Nancyg56]

The viruses are spreading way too fast here!

Gretchen- I am so glad the visit went well. I almost wish I did not wish the bug on the SW

Sheryl- Your tile work looks great! Glad that it is going so well.

Aimee- You know that your biggest fans are sending plenty of :wizard: your way. I know you are going to be fine.

Janice What Kathy said! Computer problems and the flu :scared:

Glynis- Happy Birthday to Jacob! I hope little Leslie's fever goes down :hug:.

I did not end up cooking. Marisa and family were not home (Kady is trying a sleepover again as there is no school tomorrow. Please keep your fingers crossed, she really wants to make it all night this time :thumbsup2), and Buddy just got in so we had sandwiches with the leftovers we had in the house. I just could not get from eating out mode to cooking mode :upsidedow

[nucpharm29]

Hey all! Feeling MUCH better today. It's amazing what 2 days of antibiotics will do for a body. I actually cooked tonight--nothing jaw-dropping (not that my cooking normally is). We had chili with cornbread muffins. Good comfort food. DS did have a nice bday last night. We had store bought cupcakes and put his bday present together. Here are a few pics.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/nucpharm29/DSC00591.jpg
"Look Mom, No hands!"

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/nucpharm29/DSC00603_edited.jpg
DS and his new toy. Disregard the outfit--dad was in charge

[Glynis]

A Cabela's just opened less than 10 minutes from our house at the beginning of October! Needless to say DH was like a kid at Christmas. He had the big Cabelas catalog out everynight for a week. I'm not sure if he was checking prices to see if they would be the same in the store, or just making a really BIG list! We were there twice opening weekend. It is across the highway from a newly expanded outlet mall, so I guess it's only fair we give the guys equal time! The kids did get a kick out of all the exotic wildlife displays.

WFD tonight....Hmmm...leftover buffet....chili & cornbread, chicken & sausage jambalaya, or Glynis' crockpot Chicken & Dumplings.

Glynis - I did have a question about your Chx & Dumpling recipe. If I recall, it called for 2 cans of refrigerator biscuits. What size can do you use? I doubled the recipe you had posted, but only used 1 can of the smaller size biscuits (I think 10/can).

Hope everyone kicks the crud that seems to be making its way around. Off to wash my hands.....;) :rotfl:

I usually use just one can of 10 biscuits. I would like to use more, but Alan doesn't like dumplings. Silly man!

[Glynis]

Happy Birthday to Jacob! I'm sure he will be understanding about the salmon. I hope since you didn't mention feeling poorly that you are better.
Gretchen

Well, I did end up getting salmon! I just can't disappoint Jacob! He's my little sweetie, and I know the days of his allowing me to cuddle him are quicky coming to an end. So, it's marinating in the teriyaki sauce, and I'll broil it in about a half an hour. The rice is cooking, and the broccoli is ready to steam. We've got a chocolate cake and chocolate/peanut butter ice cream. The kid is going to be in hog heaven!

I am feeling a lot better today. I still have a cough, but it's not too bad! Alan has the bad cold, now, but he says that he feels better than yesterday.

[liamandcaili]

Julie -- That's funny about the Little House on the Prairie style. My kids call it a "Help Yourself Dinner." Caili would like it even better if I called it Little House dinner. She loves those books.

Gretchen -- If you had eaten in my grade school cafeteria, you would understand the aversion to shepherd's pie.

However, I have to say that my version tonight was really tasty, satisfying, and super easy. I just shredded the leftover potroast, poured the leftover gravy on top, put a layer of vegetables in the middle (okay, tonight it was just frozen corn, but a layer of vegetables sounds much better) and topped with the leftover mashed potatoes. I usually have no idea what to do with leftover pot roast, but I would definitely make this again.

[Glynis]

Welcome Julie! :cool1:

Tonight we are going out for mexican with a bunch of friends to celebrate someone's birthday. I keep teetering back and forth on whether to go but it's really important to DH that I go... I've got myself so stressed about Sun that my Crohns is starting to flare =( We are doubling the steroids and my immune suppressant to hold it at bay until after the weekend. I see the doc Tues so we'll see what else I need to do. So FRUSTRATING!!!! We are going to split something as I can't eat much right now. DH thinks that hanging out with friends will get my mind off it for awhile, though it also means missing Ugly Betty and Greys :laughing:

I was OOT in a meeting most of the day but opted to come home instead of into the office when I finished. I need a break to rest a little at home - of course my cell rang every 20 min anyways :rolleyes: So many things to get done before Sun.

You are going to be just fine! Just keep telling yourself that, and remember that we all believe in you!

[Glynis]

Hey all! Feeling MUCH better today. It's amazing what 2 days of antibiotics will do for a body. I actually cooked tonight--nothing jaw-dropping (not that my cooking normally is). We had chili with cornbread muffins. Good comfort food. DS did have a nice bday last night. We had store bought cupcakes and put his bday present together. Here are a few pics.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/nucpharm29/DSC00591.jpg
"Look Mom, No hands!"

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/nucpharm29/DSC00603_edited.jpg
DS and his new toy. Disregard the outfit--dad was in charge

Cute!!! I love birthday pictures!!!

[TigerKat]

Steph - He is adorable, love the pics!!!!!!!!!

[Aimeedyan]

Thanks for the welcome, have fun eating your mexican food. I see your from Tx also where you guys going? We've found some really good family owned places lately and they are great, we really like the fact that there's not much of a wait and since we have 3 kidos that's a plus. Hope you feel better soon.
Julie

I am in Ft Worth - we went to La Playa Maya tonight. Not my favorite but it was good. Live music and all you can eat chips is never bad =) Wish I could have had a mojito! Where are y'all located?

[Nancyg56]

Stephanie- Gosh, he is so cute! The Nana in me want to snuggle him up!

Glynis- good to know that you are better today, and that Jacob was happy with his birthday meal. You are right, once boys reach "that" age their cuddling is over. I think I scarred Daniel for life with my attempted guilt when he stopped wanting to keep me company in the kitchen and decorating for Holidays. I am still lost. Not really but I was awful for a few years whn they all went off on their own :sad1:

Laura- I had cafeteria food yesterday and I was still feeling the pain at bedtime last night :scared:. I had lunch with Kady after I helped in the classroom and had the worst hamburger I have ever had in my life! She told her Mom that it was the best burger....even better than Nana's:confused3

I'll figure out dinner when I hear my DH schedule. He was late last night and he generally puts in a long day on Friday.

[liamsaunt]

Thursday night we had some flatbread pizas. This one is butternut squash and feta cheese, and the one you can sort of see to the right is roasted pepper and portobello mushroom:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/1926386255_39b1431c79.jpg

Last night DH was back from Florida, yippee! I made cheddar-beer soup, and served it with a salad with pomegranate seeds and a baguette with emmenthaler, proscuitto, and cultured butter (no proscuitto in mine!):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/1927214586_3328c14af6.jpg

Not sure wfd yet...

[5/4Disney]

I am in Ft Worth - we went to La Playa Maya tonight. Not my favorite but it was good. Live music and all you can eat chips is never bad =) Wish I could have had a mojito! Where are y'all located?

We are down in Houston. Love the schnauzer, we just got one. In fact, we are trying to find someone to watch her while we are in DL at the end of the month.
No, dinner for us tonight. DH and I are attending a Gala for our girls' school. The kids will get....Uh.....frozen pizza. Maybe I'll be nice to my MIL (who is babysitting) and order her a deluxe.
Take care,
Julie

[TigerKat]

Good morning ladies!!

It's my night off from the kitchen, will probably do take-out.

I've got some errands to run, hoping the proofs for Kyle's "casual" senior pics are ready. It's going to be very hard to choose, there's over 60 pics.:eek:

Have a great day everyone!!!!!

[liamandcaili]

Stephanie -- Your son is adorable.

Becky -- Yum! That soup looks great. I like your new bowls.

I'm not sure WFD here yet. Liam is home sick from school with a fever, so that means I can't get to the grocery store like I planned. I'll let you know what I come up with later.

[Zandy595]

I hope all the sick people get well soon. :wizard:

party: :bday: (belated) Jacob

I made chicken marsala, roasted potatoes, and broccoli for dinner last night.

DS doesn't have school today and has a science fair project due on Monday, so that's what we'll be doing today. Thank goodness the sun is out because his project is a solar still.

Tonight we're having spaghetti with meatballs and salad.

[nucpharm29]

Not sure wfd here. We may take the kids to Chuck E Cheese (YIKES!) to make up for not going on DS's bday as planned. If not, I have a new recipe for Pumpkin Ravioli with Gorgonzola sauce that I want to try! TGIF all!

[THE HAT]

Afternoon all-- I finally dragged my butt down to the computer, Kris worked unreal late last night, so between my wrist, my cold, and being tired I am very unproductive today,lol. Ross doesn't have school today, so that was one other reason to stay in bed. We have a busy weekend, football banquet tonight, then we have to go get my grandmothers groceries, tomorrow Ross teaches at Karate, and then he will help set up for the skirmish, and then we will be there almost all day on Sunday for the skirmish.

Kathy--I can't wait to see Kyle's casual pics!!! Make sure to scan and post them once you do get them!!

Nancy--Ross thinks the burgers at school are yummy too? What is up with that?

Laura--How is liam feeling? I hope Caili doesn't get it too!

Sheryl--the bathroom looks great so far!! I love the tile you have picked!

Julie--I haven't had a chance to give you a proper welcome from myself yet!! So welcome, post often and share your recipes!!

Stephanie--I love the pictures!! Thank you for sharing, what a cutie he is! I loved the waffle in his hand while on a golf cart!

Aimee--You will do just fine!! We are all behind you 100%!

Gretchen/Glynis/Janice--how is everyone feeling today?

WFD will be take out from one of our favorite seasonal places, they close the day before Thanksgiving so we try to get there once a week their last 3 weeks. They won't open again until June :(

Have a great Friday all!

[lustergirl]

It is pizza and wings nite in my household!!

[shovan]

Hi Y'all,

Thanks for the kudos on the remodel!

Stephanie, Your DS is the cutest!!!

Becky, You continue to amaze me with your creations!!!!:thumbsup2 I would have never thought to combine squash & feta on pizza, it looks & sounds delicious!!!!

Wendie, Sorry your feeling so bad! I wish I could bring you soup! :hug:

Hope everyone else who's feeling sick get's better real soon too!:grouphug:

I'm still feeling under the weather too. and now I'm itching & popping benadryl so I'm feeling really tired. So probably no cooking here tonight. It'll be either leftover red beans or takeout.

Y'all have a good day!
Sheryl

[OKWMom]

Heavens! Let a girl get sick and miss a day and boy, I didn't think I would catch up. If I miss someone, please forgive me.

Aimee I'm sure you will do well on Sunday. I know you are well prepared and you have lots of friends pulling for you. I'll say another prayer for you Sunday morning.

Sheryl sorry you're still feeling poorly. But WOW does the bathroom look great! You must be pleased.


Janice Sorry to see you have joined the ranks of the ill and infirm on this thread. It seems we are dropping like flies. :rotfl: Seriously, I hope you are feeling better.

Nancy How did Kady's sleep over go? Did she stay the whole night? That is such a hard thing for some children. Patrick had a friend this summer stay over for the night (the boy was 11). Because we don't go to bed until we are sure the children are asleep, especially when they have company, Kenny and I were in the den when just before midnight the boy came into the den. When I asked him if something was wrong, he said exactly this - "When I spend the night somewhere for the first time, I don't stay the whole night. I go home. Then the next time I spend the night I stay the whole night." :rotfl: It was all I could do to keep a straight face, and Kenny sat there on the sofa with a bewildered look on his face. He really had no idea what the child was saying and I had to ask him to please take the child home while I called his mother to let her know they were on the way. True to his word, however, the boy stayed the entire night on his next visit.


Stephanie Glad to hear you are feeling better. The pictures of your son are just precious. It looks like he had a great birthday.


Laura Your shepherd's pie sounds good, notwithstanding any potential cafeteria flashbacks. ;) I think it is sweet that Caili loves the Little House books. Those were my favorites through about 3rd - 4th grade. I had several and I read them over and over. I still have one that was a gift from my third grade teacher. It was actually one the school library was going to throw away because the cover was frayed and it was coming apart from the binding. She inscribed it with "Treat this book like the dear old friend that it is." Funny what you remember.



I've got some errands to run, hoping the proofs for Kyle's "casual" senior pics are ready. It's going to be very hard to choose, there's over 60 pics.:eek:


Don't forget to share. :goodvibes

Sandy Dare I ask what DS is making in his still? ;)


Wendie Another busy weekend for you I see. Take care of yourself. Good luck to Ross with the skirmish.


I'm feeling a little better this afternoon. A couple more days of Zithromax and I should be all well. That is the plan anyway.

This weekend Amanda and Patrick are with their mother, so it is just Kenny and Hailey and I. Tonight will be baked salmon with maple sauce and cheesy orzo with some kind of steamed veggies.

Have a great weekend everyone!
Gretchen

[Glynis]

Thursday night we had some flatbread pizas. This one is butternut squash and feta cheese, and the one you can sort of see to the right is roasted pepper and portobello mushroom:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/1926386255_39b1431c79.jpg

Last night DH was back from Florida, yippee! I made cheddar-beer soup, and served it with a salad with pomegranate seeds and a baguette with emmenthaler, proscuitto, and cultured butter (no proscuitto in mine!):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/1927214586_3328c14af6.jpg

Not sure wfd yet...

I love pomegranate seeds!!! Can anyone tell me the easiest way to get them out of the peel?????

[Glynis]

No idea what's for dinner tonight! We're still trying to get the house ready for our company. We do have to run to Costco, so we may just eat there. We can feed the whole family for a good price on the hot dogs there.

[HERSEY]

I think I'm having a bad day. I went to get some hot water for some tea and got distracted and forgot to add the tea bag. Needless to say hot water is not tastey. Now I did add the tea bag only to have it fall off the string. I think I may jsut call it a day and go home now.:sad2:

I think we are going to have chili tonight I plan on spicing this cold out of me.;)